Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989

Charges for services.

24.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Authority may make such charges as it considers appropriate in consideration of the provision by it of services (other than a service consisting of the provision of advice to the Minister) and the carrying on by it of activities and may sell, for such prices as it considers appropriate, anything produced, published or developed by the Authority and may enter into contracts upon such terms and conditions as it considers appropriate (including terms and conditions relating to payments to the Authority).

(2) The determination of the amounts of charges by the Authority shall be subject to the approval of the Minister and the Minister for Finance.

(3) Charges, prices and payments under subsection (1) in respect of services provided, activities carried on or things sold outside the State, shall not, save with the approval of the Minister, be less than the cost of the provision of the services or the production and development of the thing, as the case may be.

(4) The Authority may recover, as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction, from the person by whom it is payable any amount due and owing to it under subsection (1).