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FEES 5 Annex 1R Annual Fees Payable in Relation to 2006/0747

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Introduction: annual budget

1. The annual budget for 2006/07 approved by the FSA is 59.2m.1

Part 1: General levy and supplementary levy

2. The total amount expected to be raised through the general levy in 2006/07 will be 15.8m.1

Part 2: Fee tariffs for general levy and supplementary levy

3. No establishment costs will be raised in 2006/071 by the supplementary levy.

Industry block

Tariff base

General levy payable by firm

1-Deposit acceptors, mortgage lenders and administrators (excluding firms in block 14)

Number of accounts relevant to the activities in DISP 2.6.1 R

0.0059 per relevant account, subject to a minimum levy of 1001

2-Insurers - general (excluding firms in blocks 13 & 15)

Relevant annual gross premium income

0.055 per 1,000 of relevant annual gross premium income, subject to a minimum levy of 100

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3-The Society (of Lloyd's)

Not applicable

28,0001 to be allocated by the Society

4. Insurers - life (excluding firms in block 15)

Relevant adjusted annual gross premium income

0.124 per 1,000 of relevant adjusted annual gross premium income, subject to a minimum levy of 1001

5-Fund managers (including those holding client money/assets and not holding client money/assets)

Relevant funds under management

0.00071 per 1,000 of relevant funds under management, subject to a minimum levy of 100

6-Operators, trustees and depositaries of collective investment schemes and operators of personal pension schemes or stakeholder pension schemes2

Flat fee

Levy of 75

7-Dealers as principal

Flat fee

Levy of 50

8-Advisory arrangers, dealers or brokers holding and controlling client money and/or assets

Number of relevant approved persons (controlled functions 21, 22, 24, 25, 26)

160 per relevant approved person(controlled functions 21, 22, 24, 25, 26), subject to a minimum levy of 1601

9-Advisory arrangers, dealers or brokers not holding and controlling client money and/or assets

Number of relevant approved persons (controlled functions 21, 22, 24, 25, 26)

451 per relevant approved person (controlled functions 21, 22, 24, 25, 26), subject to a minimum levy of 50

10-Corporate finance advisers

Flat fee

Levy of 50

11-

N/A for 2006/071

12-

N/A for 2006/071

13-Cash plan health providers

Flat fee

Levy of 50

14-Credit unions

Flat fee

Levy of 50

15-Friendly societies whose tax-exempt business represents 95% or more of their total relevant business

Flat fee

Levy of 50

16-Mortgage lenders, advisersand arrangers (excluding firms in blocks 13, 14 & 15)

Flat fee

Levy of 50

17 - General insurance mediation (excluding firms in blocks 13, 14 & 15)

Flat fee

Levy of 50

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[not used]

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The industry blocks in the table are based on the equivalent activity groups set out in Part 1 of FEES 4 Annex 1.

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Where the tariff base in the table is defined in similar terms as that for the equivalent activity group in Part 2 of FEES 4 Annex 1, it must be calculated in the same way as that tariff base - taking into account only the firm's relevant business.

Part 3: Case fees

Table: Standard case fees and special case fees47

47Compulsory jurisdiction - case fee table

case fee

standard case fee

40049

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(for the third chargeable complaint and any subsequent chargeable complaint in this49 financial year 2007/0849)

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special case fee

40049

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(for the third chargeable complaint and any subsequent chargeable complaint in this49 financial year 2007/0849)

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The definitions of standard case fee49 and special case fee49 are in FEES 5.5 in the FSA Handbook.

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The definition of a chargeable case is in the Glossary to the FSA Handbook.

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Part 4: VJ participants47

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Table: Fee tariffs and case fees for VJ participants47

47Voluntary jurisdiction - general levy tariff and case fee table

industry block and business activity

tariff basis

tariff rate

minimum levy

case fee*

1V

deposit acceptors, mortgage lenders and administrators, including debit/charge card issuers

number of relevant accounts

0.00949

5

100

40049

5

2V

VJ participants 49undertaking insurance activities subject only to prudential regulation

7

per 1,000 of relevant annual gross premium income

0.0655

5

100

40049

5

3V

VJ participants 49undertaking insurance activities subject to prudential and conduct of business regulation

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Per 1,000 of relevant adjusted annual gross premium income

0.1425

5

100

4005

5

6V

intermediaries

n/a

n/a

50

4005

5

8V

National Savings & Investments49

n/a

n/a

10,000

4005

499V

Persons not covered by 1V to 8V undertaking activities which would be consumer credit activities if they were carried on from an establishment in the United Kingdom

n/a

n/a

100

400

*note on case fees

As for the compulsory jurisdiction, VJ participants 49will only be charged for the third and subsequent chargeable case in this 49financial year 2007/0849.

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