Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2001 (“the Approval Regulations”) established a revised statutory system for approving the construction of single vehicles before they enter into service. The Approval Regulations revoked and replaced the Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 1996, as amended.

These Regulations revoke and replace the Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Fees) Regulation 1997. They prescribe the fees payable in connection with applications and appeals made in accordance with the Approval Regulations. They also prescribe the fee payable for the replacement of a Minister’s approval certificate which has been lost or defaced and make provision for the repayment of fees in certain circumstances.

For passenger vehicles the fees payable compared to the previous fees payable are as follows (percentage increase or decrease is shown in brackets)—

(a)The basic single vehicle approval (“SVA”) test first application is reduced from £165 to £150 (9% decrease);

(b)The out of hours test supplement for a basic single vehicle approval SVA test first application is unchanged at £75.

(c)The basic SVA further application is increased from £22 to £30 (36% increase);

(d)The out of hours test supplement for a further application is reduced from £20 to £15 (25% decrease);

(e)The enhanced SVA supplement, where it applies, is—

(i)£40 in a case in which the vehicle is the subject of a model report (no previous fee); and

(ii)£30 in a case in which the vehicle is not the subject of a model report (no previous fee).

(f)The out of hours test supplement for an enhanced test (where the basic SVA test has been conducted by another EEA Member State) is £20 (no previous fee).

(g)Certificate issued following inspection by another EEA State is unchanged at £60.

(h)A cancelled test application is unchanged at £50.

(i)The cost of a duplicate/replacement Minister’s Approval Certificate is reduced from £25 to £10 (60% decrease).

For goods vehicles the fees payable compared to the previous fees payable are as follows (percentage increase or decrease is shown in brackets)—

(a)The basic single vehicle approval (“SVA”) test first application is unchanged at £60;

(b)The out of hours test supplement for a basic single vehicle approval SVA test first application is unchanged at £25.

(c)The basic SVA test further application is increased from £10 to £15 (50% increase);

(d)The out of hours test supplement for a further application is unchanged at £6;