The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 1813

ROAD TRAFFIC

The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Made

15th July 2003

Laid before Parliament

21st July 2003

Coming into force

11th August 2003

The Secretary of State for Transport, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1) and by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(2), and in exercise of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 11th August 2003.

Increases in fees

2.—(1) The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) Regulations 1988(3) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In the regulations specified in column 1 of the Table for the amounts specified in column 2 there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column 3.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)
Regulation	Existing Amount	Substituted Amount
3(i)	£72	£74
3(ii)	£446	£459
5(i)	£48	£49
5(ii)	£72	£74

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David Jamieson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

14th July 2003

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Nick Ainger

Derek Twigg

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

15th July 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) Regulations 1988. The 1988 Regulations prescribe the fees payable in connection with approval of a road vehicle design-type and with the issue by the Secretary of State of a certificate of approval for a road vehicle following the inspection of the road vehicle in pursuance of Annex 3 to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets of 14th November 1975 and the fee for the issue of a certificate for a road vehicle which conforms to an approved design-type. “ TIR” is the acronym for “Transports Internationaux Routiers”.

The fee for an inspection of a vehicle design-type in connection with the grant of TIR design-type approval is increased by 2.8% from £72 to £74 where the inspection of a design-type which is a variation of a design-type for which a TIR design-type approval has been granted and by 2.9% from £446 to £459 in any other case.

The fee for an inspection of a vehicle in connection with the issue of a TIR vehicle approval certificate is increased by 2.1% from £48 to £49 where the inspection is carried out following refusal of such a certificate for the vehicle and by 2.8% from £72 to £74 in any other case.

A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared and copies can be obtained from the Department for Transport, Zone 2/05, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR (telephone number: 020–7944 2455). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.

(1)

1973 c. 51.

(2)

S.I. 1988/643, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51). The relevant reference in S.I. 1988/643 is Table II of Schedule 1.

(3)

S.I. 1988/371; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/459, 1993/3068, 2000/1464, 2001/1811 and 2002/539.