Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

"(1) The Board, with the consent of the Minister may, and if directed by the Minister to do so shall, make regulations enabling the Board to impose the charges referred to in subsection (2) in respect of the dealing by the Board with an application under section 11 in relation to a relevant claim.",

(b) in subsection (2) -

(i) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of "specified in those regulations," for "specified in those regulations, and", and

(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

"(ba) a charge, additional to that referred to in paragraph (b), on the respondent or, as the case may be, each of the respondents of an amount specified in those regulations for failure to pay within the period provided for by those regulations, and",

and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7):