Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

General provisions as to repayment of fees

18.—(1) The fees paid in pursuance of regulation 10 or 13 shall be repaid –

(a) if no appointment for an examination of the vehicle is made or the appointment made is subsequently cancelled by the Department;

(b) if the person for whom the appointment is made gives to the Department, notice cancelling the appointment of not less than one clear day before the date of the appointment;

(c) if the person for whom the appointment is made keeps the appointment but the examination does not take place, or is not completed, for reasons attributable neither to him nor to the vehicle presented for examination; or

(d) if the person for whom the appointment is made satisfies the Department that the vehicle cannot, or, as the case may be, could not reasonably be presented for examination on the date of the appointment due to exceptional circumstances occurring not more than 7 days before the said date and of which notice is given within 3 days of the occurrence thereof to the Department at the vehicle testing centre where the examination is or, as the case may be, was to be held.

(2) In this regulation “exceptional circumstances” means an accident, a fire, a failure in the supply of essential services or other unexpected happening (excluding a breakdown or mechanical defect in a vehicle or non-delivery of spare parts therefor).