Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

Amendment of section 13 of Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 (fees).

15.— Section 13 of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 is amended—

(a) by substituting the following for subsection (1):

“(1) The Minister may make regulations providing for—

(a) the payment to and recovery by the Board of fees in relation to any matter arising in connection with the performance of any of its functions under section 4,

(b) different fees, exemption from the payment of fees, the payment of fees by instalments and the waiver, remission or refund (in whole or in part) of fees—

(i) in relation to any such matter, and

(ii) in different circumstances or classes of circumstances or for different cases or classes of cases,

(c) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), the payment to and recovery by the Board of fees in relation to any application under regulations made under section 32 for—

(i) a licence, authorisation or certificate, or

(ii) the amendment or renewal of any such licence, authorisation or certificate,

(d) without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (a) and (c), the payment to and recovery by the Board of annual fees in relation to any such licence, authorisation or certificate which is not annually renewable, and

(e) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b), different fees, exemption from the payment of fees, the payment of fees by instalments and the waiver, remission or refund (in whole or in part) of fees—

(i) in relation to any such licence, authorisation or certificate or any such amendment or renewal, and

(ii) in different circumstances or classes of circumstances or for different cases or classes of cases.”;

(b) in subsection (2), by substituting “matter or application, the matter or application” for “application or matter, the application or matter”; and

(c) by inserting the following after subsection (4):

“(5) Without prejudice to the generality of regulations which may be made under this section for the recovery by the Board of fees payable under the regulations, the Board may recover, as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction, from the person by whom it is payable any fee or part thereof due and payable under the regulations.

(6) Any regulations made under this section and in force immediately before the commencement of section 15 of the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 shall, on and after that commencement—

(a) continue in force and be deemed to be made under this section as amended by that section, and

(b) be liable to amendment and revocation under this section accordingly.”.