The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981 so that:—

(a) the fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness is increased from £100 to £110, both on the first application, and on any subsequent application when the test includes a test of stability under regulation 6. The fee payable for the certificate on any other subsequent application is increased from £11.50 to £13;

(b) the fees payable for type approvals are increased from £580, £55, £290 and £1240 to—respectively—£640, £60, £320 and £1320; and

(c) the fee payable for a certificate of conformity is increased from £13 to £14.50.

(d) a new fee of £7.50 is introduced for the issue of duplicate certificates.