2005 No. 406

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Articles 65(1) and (2), 67(1) and 110(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19951 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2005.

Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20032

In the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20032 for Schedule 1 there shall be substituted –

SCHEDULE 1FEES

Regulations 10(2), 13(3) and (4) and 17(4)

PART 1fee payable on application under regulations 10(2), 13(3) or 17(4)

(1)

(2)

Class of Vehicle

Amount of Fee

3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight or under

£30·50

Over 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight

i

2 axle rigid vehicle

£37·50

ii

3 axle rigid vehicle

£48·50

iii

4 axle rigid vehicle

£60·00

iv

articulated vehicle having a 2 axle drawing vehicle

£42·00

v

articulated vehicle having a 3 axle drawing vehicle

£55·00

Trailer –

i

1 axle trailer

£35·00

ii

2 axle trailer

£36·00

iii

3 axle trailer

£37·00

PART 2fee payable on application under regulation 13(4)

(1)

(2)

Class of Vehicle

Amount of Fee

3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight or under

£18·50

Over 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight

£18·50

Articulated vehicle

£19·50

Trailer

£19·50

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 25th August 2005.

Stanley DuncanA senior officer of theDepartment of the Environment

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (“the principal Regulations”) by increasing the fees as follows –

1

For a vehicle 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight or under –

a

the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a re-test or an appeal is increased from £28·00 to £30·50; and

b

the fee payable where an application for a re-test is made within 21 days from the date of service of a notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate is increased from £17·50 to £18·50.

2

For vehicles exceeding 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight –

a

the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a re-test or an appeal is increased as follows –

i

for a 2 axle rigid vehicle, from £35·00 to £37·50;

ii

for a 3 axle rigid vehicle, from £45·00 to £48·50;

iii

for a 4 axle rigid vehicle, from £56·00 to £60·00;

iv

for an articulated vehicle having a 2 axle drawing vehicle, from £39·00 to £42·00; and

v

for an articulated vehicle having a 3 axle drawing vehicle, from £51·00 to £55·00.

b

for 2, 3 and 4 axle rigid vehicles the fee payable where an application for a retest is made within 21 days from the date of service of a notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate is increased from £17·50 to £18·50.

c

for all articulated vehicles the fee payable where an application for a retest is made within 21 days from the date of service of a notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate is increased from £18·50 to £19·50.

3

For trailers –

a

the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a retest or an appeal is increased as follows –

i

for a 1 axle trailer, from £32·50 to £35·00;

ii

for a 2 axle trailer from £33·50 to £36·00;

iii

for a 3 axle trailer from £34·50 to £37·00.

b

for all trailer categories the fee payable where an application for a retest is made within 21 days from the date of service of a notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate is increased from £18·50 to £19·50.