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(1) The Commission shall recover from a contractor, subcontractor, licensee or the Corporation, costs and expenses incurred in the performance of regulatory supervisory services.

(2) A regulatory supervisory service includes

(a) audit and verifications, including travel time to perform regulatory supervision;

(b) follow-up on hazards and emergencies that have occurred;

(c) participation in emergency preparedness exercises;

(d) dealing with reports in connection with hazards and emergencies; and

(e) Approving measurement systems, including fiscal metering and verifying measurement systems periodically.

(3) A regulatory supervisory service which is carried out under this regulation shall be invoiced at a rate of the Ghana Cedi equivalent of one hundred and seventy United States Dollars per hour or at a maximum of the Ghana cedi equivalent of one thousand three hundred and sixty United States Dollars per day per person.

(4) Where working time and travel time total less than eight hours, a refund may be claimed for a maximum of eight hours per day.

(5) When calculating working time spent

(a) working time up to thirty minutes or less shall be counted as half an hour; and

(b) Working time in excess of thirty minutes shall be counted as one full hour.

(6) The Commission may engage a person to assist in the regulatory supervision of petroleum activities.

(7) Where a person assists in the regulatory supervision, the Commission shall determine the amount due in each case.

(8) Where the Commission submits an invoice for refund to a contractor, subcontractor, licensee or the Corporation, that contractor, subcontractor, licensee or Corporation shall reimburse the Commission within thirty days of submission of the invoice.

(9) Where the amount due in respect of an invoice is not refunded, interest shall be payable on the amount due at the prevailing Bank of Ghana interest rate.