29.— (1) The Minister for Health may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, prescribe by regulations the fees to be paid to—

(a) the Board—

(i) by the authorisation holders of medicinal products, or a class of such authorisation holders, who make applications (or applications which fall within a class of applications) under section 5(1) to the Board requesting the Board to add the medicinal products to a group of interchangeable medicinal products or to add a group of medicinal products to the List of Interchangeable Medicinal Products, and

(ii) in respect of the reasonable administrative costs of the Board in performing its functions under section 5 in respect of such applications,

or

(b) the Executive—

(i) by the suppliers of items, or a class of such suppliers, who make applications (or applications which fall within a class of applications) under section 18(1) to the Executive requesting the Executive to add the items to the Reimbursement List, and

(ii) in respect of the reasonable administrative costs of the Executive in performing its functions under section 18 in respect of such applications.

(2) Fees received by the Board or the Executive under regulations made under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform may direct.