Paul, please correct me if I am wrong but if you are registered and able to self certify, then you do not have to pay the £60 so is that not giving you a competative edge as well as being within the Law? The fee for registering the contract on the data base is not going to be £60 surely.
The N.I.C.E.I.C are handling this part of the system via an e-mail link dont know what they are charging, will see if I can find out!