The Department of Transport (Fees) (Amendment) Order 1998

Article 2(2)(b)

SCHEDULE PARAGRAPH TO BE INSERTED INTO TABLE VI OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT (FEES) ORDER 1988

1.  Section 21(3)—power by regulations to provide that in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations a vehicle shall not be registered under section 21 until a fee of such amount as may be so prescribed is paid.

(i) The functions of the Secretary of State under section 21 of Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 relating to the registration of vehicles on the first issue by him of a vehicle licence or a nil licence. (ii) The functions of the Secretary of State in relation to anything done by the European Communities or any of their institutions with respect to the registration of vehicles including the conditions which must be satisfied before a vehicle can be registered. (iii) The Secretary of State’s function of satisfying himself before registering a vehicle that, so far as they apply, the requirements of section 66 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1) or, as the case may be of Article 72 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2) are fulfilled in relation to the vehicle. (iv) All other functions of the Secretary of State in relation to the registration of vehicles including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the doing of anything (for which a charge is not otherwise payable) pursuant to or in connection with regulations made, or having effect as if made, under section 22, 23, 24, 28 or 57 of Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 and the assignment of registration marks to vehicles pursuant to section 23 of that Act.

Paragraphs 1 to 8

(1)

1988 c. 52; section 66 was amended by the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1992, S.I. 1992/3107, Schedule 2, paragraph 4 and by Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, Schedule 3, paragraph 24(1).

(2)

S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18).