_(1) Every application under various provisions of the Act shall accompany fee as specified below : :
Activity under the provisions of the Act Fee (Rs.) eee ES Registration under sub-section (2) of Section 15 of the Act 5,00,000 Authorisation under sub-section (3) of Section 17 of the Act— CGD Proposal :
Class A city* 12,00,000 Other cities** 8,00,000 Pipeline Proposal: - Spur lines 10,00,000 Trunk lines < or = 500 Kilometers 15,00,000 Trunk lines > 500 Kilometers 20,00,000 Obtaining a certified copy of an entry in the register under Sub-section (4) of Section 14 of the Act 1,000 per entry [MATS 3(i)) UR US: ART 7 Filing a complaint under Sub-section (2) of Section 25 of the Act Entities : 10,000 per complaint Others : 1,000 per "complaint *Towns with population one million and above as per 2001 Census **Towns with population less than one million as per 2001 Census
(2) The fee shail be paid through demand draft or pay order in favour of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board payable at New Dethi;
(3) The fee received shall be entered into a register to be maintained by the Board with details such as name of the entity or complainant remitting the payment, purpose of remittance, amount, number and date of demand draft or pay order as the case may be.
4, Levy of other charges.— (1) Operation period : The entity who is undertaking operation of any of the activities covered under the provisions of the Act relating to registration and/or authorization, shall pay other charges to the Board on annual basis based on its turn over as per following formulation,— Turn over Other charges Upto Rs. 20,000 crore 0.01% (Rs. 2 crore) Rs. 20,001 to 50,000 crore 0.008% (Rs. 2 crore + 0.008% of > 20,000 crore) Rs. 50,001 to 1,00,000 crore 0.005% (Rs. 4.4 crore + 0.005% of > 50,000 crore) More than Rs. 1,00,000 crore , 0.004% (Rs. 4.9 crore + 0.004% of > 1,00,000 crore)
(2) Construction period ; (a) The entity relating to any of the activities of registration and/or authorization covered under the provisions of the Act shall pay other charges to the Board on annual basis during the construction period at the rate of 0.2 per cent of their capital expenditure (CAPEX) of the project based on projected investment in the financial year, which shall be modified at the end of that financial year as per the actual expenditure;
(b) Other, charges remitted by an entity under sub-clause (a) above shall be treated as an interest free deposit and the Board shall refund such other charges once the entity commences regular operations and replaces with the appropriate level of other charges as applicable during the operation period as per sub-clause (1) above.
(3) The other charges shall be paid annually within fifteen days from the date of finalizing the annual statement of accounts by the entity.
(4) The other charges shail be paid through demand draft or pay order in favour of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board payable at New Delhi.
(S) The other charges received shall be entered into a register to be maintained by the Board with the details such as name of the entity remitting the payment, whether remittance under sub-clause (1) or sub-clause (2), amount, number and date of demand draft or pay order as the case may be and refund particulars in case of the remittance under sub-clause (2).