The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 321

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 1989

Made

2nd March 1989

Laid before Parliament

10th March 1989

Coming into force

3rd April 1989

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43(2) and (6) of the Road Traffic Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”)(1) and now vested in him(2) and by the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(3) and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 199(2) of the 1972 Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:–

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 3rd April 1989.

2.  The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981(4) are hereby amended so that in the regulations specified in column 1 of the Table below for the amounts specified in column 2 of the Table there are substituted the amounts specified in column 3 of the Table.

TABLE

1	2	3
Regulation	Existing amount	Substituted amount
20(1)(b)(i)	£34.50	£36.25
20(1)(b)(ii)	£24	£25.25
20(4)(a)(i)	£17	£17.75
20(4)(a)(ii)	£12	£12.50
20(4)(b)(i)	£34.50	£36.25
20(4)(b)(ii)	£24	£25.25
23(2)(a)	£7.50	£7.75

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Peter Bottomley

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

2nd March 1989

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 in relation to Class VI vehicles (public service vehicles other than those of a type specified in regulation 5(3)) so that–

(a) the fee payable for the examination of a vehicle is increased from £34.50 to £36.25 if the vehicle is constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 passengers, and from £24 to £25.25 in any other case. These increases apply in respect of an examination following an application under regulation 12 and to a further examination after an interval of more than 14 days from the date of the issue of the notice of refusal of a test certificate;

(b) the fee payable for the further examination of a vehicle within 14 days of the date of the issue of the notice of refusal of a test certificate is increased from £17 to £17.75 if the vehicle is constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 passengers and from £12 to £12.50 in any other case; and

(c) the fee payable for the issue of a duplicate test certificate is increased from £7.50 to £7.75.

(1)

1972 c. 20.

(2)

S.I. 1979/571 and 1981/238.

(3)

S.I. 1988/643, which was made under s.102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51). The relevant reference in S.I. 1988/643 is item 1 of Table III of Schedule 1.

(4)

S.I. 1981/1694; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1984/401, 1986/372, 1988/339 and 989.