Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

2.  For Schedule 2 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) there shall be substituted –

Regulation 10

“SCHEDULE 2 LICENCE FEES

Table of Fees

(1)	(2)
Description of licence and circumstances of application	Fee payable
1.   A first licence.	£38
2.   A provisional licence granted following the revocation of a licence under Article 5(1) of the Road Traffic (New Drivers) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(2).	£38
3.   A full Group 1 licence issued in exchange for a first licence or a provisional licence granted following revocation of a licence under the Road Traffic (New Drivers) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, where the licence submitted for exchange was issued pursuant to an application made before 1st July 2004.	£18
4.   A full licence granted in exchange for a full Great Britain licence which was granted under section 88 of the Road Traffic Act 1972(3) or section 97 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(4).	Nil
5.   A full licence granted in exchange for a full Community licence or an exchangeable licence.	£38
6.   A full Group 1 licence, other than a licence falling in paragraph 3 of this Table, where the applicant has previously been granted a provisional licence.	Nil
7.   A renewal licence to remain in force for a period of 10 years under Article 15(1)(a) of the Order.	£19
8.   A renewal licence to remain in force for a period mentioned in Article 15(1)(b) of the Order, i.e. for a period ending on the applicant’s seventieth birthday or for 3 years, whichever is the longer.	£19
9.   A renewal licence to remain in force for a period mentioned in Article 15(1)(c), 15(2)(d) or 15C(2)(b)(5) of the Order, i.e. granted to an applicant suffering from a relevant or prospective disability.	Nil
10.   A renewal licence where the applicant is aged 70 years or over.	Nil
11.   A licence granted under Article 15(8) of the Order (issue of a new licence in certain circumstances on surrender of a licence (unless no fee is payable)).	£19
12.   A provisional licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in category C.	Nil
13.   A provisional licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in category D.	Nil
14.   A full Group 2 licence.	Nil
15.   A full Group 2 licence granted following the addition of category E entitlement.	Nil
16.   A first full licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in category C where the applicant has previously been granted a provisional licence for that category.	Nil
17.   A first full licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in category D where the applicant has previously been granted a provisional licence for that category.	Nil
18.   A licence granted by way of replacement of a lost or defaced licence.	£19
19.   A full licence granted upon the expiry of a period of disqualification ordered by a court under Article 35 or Article 40 of the Offenders Order –
(a) in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 52 for the purposes of Article 11(5) of the Order; or	£75
(b) otherwise than in those circumstances, and in this paragraph the reference to a period of disqualification imposed by a court under Article 35 of the Offenders Order includes a period of disqualification reduced by an order of the court under Article 36 of that Order.	£50
20.   A licence issued under regulation 9A(6) (licences to drive vehicles in another category) or Article 50(3) of the Offenders Order (licence issued free from endorsement on surrender of a current licence).	£19
21.   Except if it is a first licence, a provisional licence granted first upon the expiry of a period of disqualification ordered by a court under Article 41 of the Offenders Order whether or not the court also made an order under Article 35 or 40 of that Order –
(a) in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 52 for the purposes of Article 11(5) of the Order; or	£75
(b) otherwise than in those circumstances.	£50
22.   A provisional Group 2 licence granted to a person who has been disqualified under Article 74(7) of the Order.	£50
23.   A licence granted following disqualification ordered by a court under Article 37A of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(8).	£50

In this Schedule –

“first licence” means a licence (other than a licence falling in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the table) granted to a person who has not previously held a licence granted under Article 13 of the Order;

“renewal licence” means a licence granted upon expiry of a previous licence; and

“Group 1 licence” and “Group 2 licence” have the meanings respectively given in regulation 48.”.

(1)

S.R. 1996 No. 542; Schedule 2 was substituted by S.R. 2000 No. 129, regulation 2 and amended by S.R. 2001 No. 240, regulation 2

(2)

S.I. 1998/1074 (N.I. 7)

(3)

1972 c. 20

(4)

1988 c. 52

(5)

Article 15C was inserted by S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 8

(6)

Regulation 9A was inserted by S.R. 1997 No. 383, regulation 4

(7)

Article 74 was substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Schedule 3, Part I

(8)

S.I. 1991/2628 (N.I. 23); Article 37A was inserted by 2000 c. 4 (N.I.), section 16(3)