224 Funding of the Authority

224  Funding of the Authority

(1)     After section 25 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 insert—

“25A Funding of the Authority

(1)     The Privy Council must by regulations require each regulatory body to pay the Authority periodic fees of such amount as the Privy Council determines in respect of such of the Authority's functions in relation to that body as are specified in the regulations.

(2)     A reference in this section to the Authority's functions does not include a reference to its functions under sections 25G to 25I and 26A.

(3)     The regulations must, in particular, provide for the method of determining the amount of a fee under the regulations.

(4)     Before determining the amount of a fee under the regulations, the Privy Council must request the Authority to make a proposal as to the amount of funding that it considers it requires in order to perform for the period to which the fee would apply such of its functions in relation to the regulatory bodies as are specified in the regulations.

(5)     The Authority must—

(a)     comply with a request under subsection (4), but

(b)     before doing so, consult the regulatory

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