The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) Regulations 1994

Fees—partial examinations

6.—(1) Where a certificate to which this paragraph applies has been issued in relation to a vehicle or vehicle part and in consequence of an alteration in any design specification, either—

(a) a further relevant examination of any vehicle or any vehicle part is needed with a view to the issue of a further certificate but the alteration is not so extensive as to require that the further examination shall be as complete and exhaustive as the original examination; or

(b) an applicant requires a further certificate but the alteration is not so extensive as to require a further relevant examination of any vehicle or any vehicle part and can be carried out on an inspection of data supplied by the applicant,

the fee for such an examination or inspection in such proportion of the relevant fee prescribed in regulation 4 as the Secretary of State considers shall be appropriate in view of the nature and extent of the examination or inspection.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to—

(a) a sound level measurement certificate; or

(b) a type approval certificate, or an authorisation, in relation to—

(i) a Community Instrument; or

(ii) an ECE Regulation; or

(c) a type approval certificate, or a Minister’s approval certificate, in relation to the national type approval scheme.

(3) Where, in the case of an examination or inspection as is mentioned in regulation 4 or 5 or in paragraph (1)—

(a) it has been found impossible to complete the examination or inspection satisfactorily; or

(b) the vehicle or vehicle part supplied for the examination does not satisfy completely the requirements of the examination,

and a further, but partial, examination of the vehicle or vehicle part is required, the fee to be paid for such further examination is such proportion of the fee prescribed in regulation 4 as the Secretary of State considers to be appropriate in view of the nature and extent of the further, but partial, examination.

(4) Where more than one vehicle or vehicle part of the same type but embodying minor variations is submitted by an applicant and it is unnecessary to submit each individual vehicle or vehicle part to a complete relevant examination, the fee to be paid for the carrying out of the partial examination on a particular vehicle or vehicle part is such proportion of the fee prescribed in regulation 4 as the Secretary of State considers to be appropriate in view of the nature and extent of the partial examination.

(5) In this regulation a relevant examination is an examination in relation to an approval requirement specified in Part II of Schedule 1.

(6) This regulation is subject to regulation 19.