The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2007 No. 97

road traffic and vehicles

The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made

20th February 2007

Coming into operation

2nd April 2007

The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 61(1), 66(1) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1).

In accordance with Article 66(1) of that Order the Department of Finance and Personnel(2) has approved regulation 2.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 2nd April 2007.

Amendment of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985

2.  In the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(3) for Schedule 7 substitute—

Regulations 4A(1), 5(3), 9(2), (3), (5) and (6), and 12(1)

“SCHEDULE 7 FEES FOR VEHICLE LICENCES

1. Fee payable with initial application for a vehicle licence (see regulation 5(3))
(a)	Buses—
	Class I	£85.50
	Class II	£85.50
	Class III	£85.50
	Class IA	£97.50
	Class IIA	£110.00
	Class IIIA	£122.00
(b)	Taxi	£126.50
2. Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence (see regulation 9(2))
(a)	Buses—
	Class I	£85.50
	Class II	£85.50
	Class III	£85.50
	Class IA	£97.50
	Class IIA	£110.00
	Class IIIA	£122.00
(b)	Taxi	£126.50
3. Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence made within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal (see regulation 9(3))
(a)	Buses—
	All Classes	£19.50
(b)	Taxi	£19.50
4. Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence made under regulation 9(4) within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal (see regulation 9(5))
	Buses—
	Class IA	£19.50
	Class IIA	£32.00
	Class IIIA	£45.00
5. Fee payable for a duplicate vehicle licence (see regulation 12(1))
(a)	Buses—
	All Classes	£10.00
	Taxi	£10.00”

Revocation

3.  The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(4) are revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 20th February 2007.

Stanley Duncan

A senior officer of the Department of the Environment

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 20th February 2007.

Mary McIvor

A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 by increasing some of the fees payable.

For an initial application for a vehicle licence (regulation 5(3)) the following fees have increased—

(a) Buses—

• Class I, II and III from £83.00 to £85.50;

• Class IA, from £95.00 to £97.50;

• Class IIA, from £107.50 to £110.00 and

• Class IIIA, from £119.50 to £122.00.

(b) Taxi, from £122.00 to £126.50

For a re-application for a vehicle licence (regulation 9(2)) the following fees have increased—

(c) Buses—

• Class I, II and III from £83.00 to £85.50;

• Class IA, from £95.00 to £97.50;

• Class IIA, from £107.50 to £110.00; and

• Class IIIA, from £119.50 to £122.00.

(d) Taxi, from £122.00 to £126.50.

All other fees remain unchanged.

The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 are revoked.

(1)

S.I.1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department” and “prescribed”

(2)

Formerly the Department of Finance. see S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6), Article 3

(3)

S.R.1985 No. 123; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1998 No. 76, S.R. 2000 No. 149, S.R. 2004 No. 413 and S.R. 2005 No. 405

(4)

S.R 2005 No. 405