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Regulation 3

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS INSERTED IN SUBSTITUTION FOR SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 14

SCHEDULE 3LICENCE FEES

PART 1TABLE OF FEES

No.Description of licence and circumstances of applicationFee payable
1.A first licence.£38
2.A provisional licence granted following the revocation of a licence under the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995(1).£38
3.A full Group 1 licence which is granted in exchange for a first licence where the licence submitted for exchange was issued pursuant to an application made before 1st March 2004.£9
4.

A licence granted in exchange for a licence still in force or in place of a licence which has been revoked or a Community licence which is required to be delivered to the Secretary of State, except—

(a)

a licence granted pursuant to section 118(4) of the Traffic Act,(2)

(b)

a licence granted following the revocation of a licence under section 93(1) (3)of the Traffic Act or the delivery of a Community licence to the Secretary of State under section 99C(1) or (3)(4) of the Traffic Act,

(c)

a licence which the Secretary of State is required to grant free of charge under section 93(2), 99(7)(5) or 99C(2)(6) of the Traffic Act,

(d)

a licence granted to reflect additional driving entitlements of the licence holder not shown by the licence submitted for exchange, or

(e)

a licence falling within any other paragraph in this Table.

£19
5.A licence granted by way of replacement of a lost or defaced licence.£19
6.

A licence granted upon the expiry of a period of disqualification imposed by a court under section 34 or 35 of the Offenders Act(7)

(a)

in the circumstances prescribed under section 94(4)(8) of the Traffic Act, or

(b)

otherwise than in those circumstances,

and in this paragraph the reference to a period of disqualification imposed by a court under section 34 of the Offenders Act includes a period of disqualification reduced by an order of the court under section 34A(9) of that Act.

£75

£50

7.

A provisional licence, other than a first licence, granted following disqualification ordered by a court under section 36(10) of the Offenders Act, whether or not the court also made an order under section 34 or 35 of that Act—

(a)

in the circumstances prescribed under section 94(4) of the Traffic Act, or

(b)

otherwise than in those circumstances.

£75

£50

8.A provisional Group 2 licence granted to a person who, by virtue of an order under section 117(2)(b) or 117A(2)(b)(11) of the Traffic Act, is disqualified from holding or obtaining a full licence until he passes the prescribed test of competence.£50
9.A licence granted following disqualification ordered by a court under section 39A of the Child Support Act 1991(12).£50
10.A licence granted following disqualification ordered by a court under section 40 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997(13).£50
11.A licence granted following disqualification ordered by a court under section 146 or 147 of the Power of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000(14).£50

PART 2INTERPRETATION

In Part 1 of this Schedule—

“first licence” means a licence (other than a licence granted in exchange for a full Northern Ireland licence or to a person who has held a full Northern Ireland licence which was granted on or after 1st January 1976 or in exchange for a Community licence which is required to be delivered to the Secretary of State) granted to a person—

(a)

who has not held a licence before, or

(b)

whose last licence was a full licence which expired before 31st December 1978, or

(c)

whose last licence was a provisional licence which was granted before 1st October 1982.

(2)

i.e. the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) in accordance with the definition of “Traffic Act” in regulation 3 of the 1999 Regulations. Section 118(4) was amended by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licences) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/144) (the “1990 Regulations”).

(3)

Section 93(1)(b) was amended by the 1996 Regulations.

(4)

Section 99C was inserted by the 1996 Regulations.

(5)

Section 93(2) was amended by the 1990 Regulations.

(6)

Section 99(7) was substituted by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licences) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1420).

(7)

i.e. the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53) in accordance with the definition of “Offenders Act” in regulation 3 of the 1999 Regulations. Section 34 of the Offenders Act was amended by the Aggravated Vehicle-Taking Act 1992 (c. 11), section 3(2); by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), section 29; by the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) (the “2000 Act”), section 165 and Schedule 9, paragraph 121; and by the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), section 56(3). Section 35 of the Offenders Act was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991, section 48 and Schedule 4, paragraph 95; and by the 2000 Act, section 165 and Schedule 9, paragraph 122.

(8)

Section 94(4) was amended by section 5(7) of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22). The prescribed circumstances are found in regulation 74 (High Risk Offenders) of the 1999 Regulations.

(9)

Section 34A was inserted by section 30 of the Road Traffic Act 1991.

(10)

Section 36 was substituted by section 32 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by the 1996 Regulations and by the Deregulation (Exchangeable Driving Licences) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1917).

(11)

Part IV of the Road Traffic Act 1988, including section 117, was substituted by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989, section 2(1) and Schedule 2. Section 117A was inserted by the 1996 Regulations.

(12)

1991 c. 48. Section 39A was inserted by section 16 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19).

(13)

1997 c. 43. Section 40 was amended by the 2000 Act, section 165(1) and Schedule 9, paragraph 185; the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), section 456 and Schedule 11, paragraphs 1 and 32; and by the Criminal Justice and Court Service Act 2000 (c. 43), section 74 and Schedule 7, paragraphs 135 and 140.

(14)

2000 c. 6. Sections 146 and 147 were amended by the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), section 91 and Schedule 5, paragraphs 72, 73 (with respect to section 146) and 74 (with respect to section 147).

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