Related provisions for FEES 2.3.1
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Paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to2 and section 99 of2 the Act and regulation 92 of the Payment Services Regulations and 3 enable the FSA to charge fees to cover its costs and expenses in carrying out its functions. The corresponding provisions for the FSCS levy and FOS levies and case fees are set out in FEES 6.1, and FEES 5.2 respectively. Fee-paying payment service providers and are not required to pay the FSCS levy but are liable for FOS levies.42
The key components of the FSA fee mechanism (excluding the FSCSlevy and FOS levy and case fees, which are dealt with in FEES 5 and FEES 6) are:(1) a funding requirement derived from:(a) the FSA's financial management and reporting framework;(b) the FSA's budget; and(c) adjustments for audited variances between budgeted and actual expenditure in the previous accounting year, and reserves movements (in accordance with the FSA's reserves policy);(2) mechanisms for applying penalties
If it appears to the FSA, the FSCS (in relation to any FSCS levy only)2 or FOS Ltd (in relation to any FOS case fee only), that in the exceptional circumstances of a particular case to which FEES 2.3.1R does not apply, the retention by the FSA, the FSCS,2 or FOS Ltd, as relevant, of a fee or FOS levy which has been paid would be inequitable, the FSA, the FSCS2 or FOS Ltd, may (unless FEES 2.3.2B R applies)1 refund all or part of that fee or levy.