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FEES 5.5B.1RRP
4FEES 5.5B applies to respondents.
FEES 5.5B.3RRP
Any firm falling into either industry block 13 or industry block 15 in FEES 5 Annex 1 R is not required to pay any case fee in respect of chargeable cases relating to those industry blocks.
FEES 5.5B.4GRP
The firms in industry blocks 13 and 15 are cash plan health providers and small friendly societies. The case fee exemption takes into account that the amount in issue is likely to be small relative to the case fee.9
FEES 5.5B.5RRP
A credit union or a community finance organisation9 which is subject to the minimum levy in an industry block is not required to pay any case fee in respect of chargeable cases relating to that industry block.
FEES 5.5B.8RRP
The purpose of FEES 5.5B is to set out the requirements on respondents to pay fees in relation to cases referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service.
FEES 5.5B.10GRP
In each of the Financial Ombudsman Service's jurisdictions, the annual budget reflects the total expected to be raised by levies plus the total expected to be raised by case fees for the relevant financial year.
FEES 5.5B.11GRP
The amount of the case fees will be subject to consultation each year.
FEES 5.5B.12RRP
A respondent must pay to the FOS Ltd the standard case fee specified in FEES 5 Annex 3R Part 1 in respect of each chargeable case relating to that respondent which is closed by the Financial Ombudsman Service during a financial year (regardless of when the chargeable case was referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service)7, unless the respondent is identified as part of a charging group as defined in FEES 5 Annex 3R Part 3.
FEES 5.5B.13GRP
The exclusion of respondents that are identified as part of a charging group as defined in FEES 5 Annex 3R Part 3 applies only from 1 April 2013. Those respondents continue to be liable for the standard case fee under FEES 5.5B.12 R in respect of chargeable cases closed by the Financial Ombudsman Service before 1 April 2013.
FEES 5.5B.14RRP
But a respondent will only be liable for, and the FOS Ltd will only invoice for, the standard case fee in respect of the 4th 8and subsequent chargeable cases which are closed by the Financial Ombudsman Service7 in any financial year.
FEES 5.5B.15GRP
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FEES 5.5B.16RRP
A respondent must pay to the FOS Ltd any standard case fee which it is liable to pay under FEES 5.5B and which is invoiced by the FOS Ltd within 30 calendar days of the date when the invoice is issued by the FOS Ltd.
FEES 5.5B.17RRP
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FEES 5.5B.18GRP
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FEES 5.5B.19RRP
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FEES 5.5B.20RRP
If the respondent is identified as part of a charging group as defined in FEES 5 Annex 3R Part 3, the charging group must pay the special case fee calculated under FEES 5 Annex 3R Part 4 (from 1 April 2013) instead of the respondent paying the standard case fee.
FEES 5.5B.21RRP
The FOS Ltd:(1) will invoice the special case fee as described in FEES 5 Annex 3R Part 4; and(2) may invoice the relevant charging group through any of the individual respondents in the relevant charging group.
FEES 5.5B.22RRP
A charging group must pay to the FOS Ltd any special case fee (including any year-end adjustment) as described in FEES 5 Annex 3R Part 4 within 30 calendar days of the date when the invoice is issued by the FOS Ltd.
FEES 5.5B.24RRP
Where a respondent ceases to be a firm, payment service provider, electronic money issuer, CBTL firm, 6a designated credit reference agency, a designated finance platform, VJ participant or claims management company3 (as the case may be) part way through a financial year it will remain liable to pay case fees under FEES 5.5B in respect of cases within the jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service.215
FEES 5.5B.25RRP
If a respondent does not pay a case fee payable under FEES 5.5B in full to the FOS Ltd before the end of the date on which it is due, that respondent must pay to the FOS Ltd in addition:(1) an administrative fee of £250; plus(2) interest on any unpaid amount at the rate of 5% per annum above the Official Bank Rate from time to time, accruing on a daily basis from the date on which the amount concerned became due.
FEES 5.5B.27RRP
In relation to any case fee which was invoiced by FOS Ltd under FEES 5.5B on or after 1 April 2023, no claim for the remission or repayment of all or part of the case fee (or any interest or administrative fee due under FEES 5.5B.25R in relation to it) may be made to FOS Ltd more than 1 year after the date on which the case fee was invoiced (irrespective of when or whether the amounts in question were paid to FOS Ltd).9
FEES 5.5B.28RRP
In relation to a case fee which was invoiced by FOS Ltd under FEES 5.5B before 1 April 2023, and subject to any rule of law prescribing a shorter time period for making such a claim, no claim for the remission or repayment of all or part of the case fee (or any interest or administrative fee due under FEES 5.5B.25R in relation to it) may be made to FOS Ltd on or after 31 March 2024 (irrespective of when or whether the amounts in question were paid to FOS Ltd).9
FEES 5.1.2AGRP

718Table of FEES 5 rules made by the FOS Ltd

FEES 5 rules made by the FOS Ltd

Description

FEES 5.5B19

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Rules relating to case fees

FEES 5 Annex 2R

Annual Levy Payable in Relation to the Voluntary Jurisdiction

FEES 5 Annex 3R

Case Fees Payable

FEES 5.1.7GRP
The purpose of this chapter is to set out the requirements on firms to pay annual fees (through a general levy invoiced and collected by the FCA on behalf of FOS Ltd) and case fees (invoiced and collected directly by FOS Ltd) in order to fund the operation of the Financial Ombudsman Service.This Chapter4 also provides for unauthorised persons to pay case fees to FOS Ltd in respect of any relevant complaints which it handles.44
FEES 5.9.3GRP
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FEES 2.1.5GRP
(1) The following enable the FCA to charge fees to cover its costs and expenses in carrying out its functions:13(a) paragraph 23 of Schedule 1ZA of the Act;13(b) regulation 92 of the Payment Services Regulations;13(c) regulation 59 of the Electronic Money Regulations;13(d) article 25(a) of the MCD Order;1513(e) regulation 21 of the Small and Medium Sized Businesses (Credit Information) Regulations. 13(f) regulation 18 of the Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms)
FEES 2.1.7GRP
The key components of the FCA12fee mechanism (excluding the FSCS5levy, the FOS5 levy and case fees16 which are dealt with in FEES 5 and16FEES 616)5 are:55555(1) a funding requirement derived from:(a) the FCA’s12financial management and reporting framework;(b) the FCA’s12budget; and(c) adjustments for audited variances between budgeted and actual expenditure in the previous accounting year, and reserves movements (in accordance with the FCA’s12reserves policy);(2) mechanisms for
DISP 4.2.6RRP
The following provisions and rules in FEES apply to VJ participants as part of the standard terms, but substituting 'VJ participant' for 'firm’ and ‘annual levy specified in FEES 5 Annex 2R’ for ‘general levy’:(1) FEES 2.2.1 R (late payment) but substituting 'FOS Ltd' for 'the FCA';2020(2) FEES 2.3.1 R and 2.3.2 R (remission of fees);(3) [deleted]23(4) FEES 5.3.6 R (general levy) but substituting:(a) 'Voluntary Jurisdiction' for 'Compulsory Jurisdiction' ; and(b) 'FOS Ltd' for
FEES 5.4.4GRP
444422(1) From 1 April 2025, a new definition of relevant business is introduced. This new definition applies in relation to business done with all types of eligible complainant described in DISP 2.7.3R. Firms must use this new definition for any relevant business conducted from 1 April 2025 onwards.14(2) Where the pre-April 2025 Glossary definition of relevant business applies (ie, to relevant business of a firm up until 31 March 2025):14(a) a firm should not provide a statement