The Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 865

Road Traffic

The Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Made

2nd April 2009

Laid before Parliament

8th April 2009

Coming into force

3rd May 2009

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1) and by virtue of the Department for Transport (Fees) Order 2009(2).

In accordance with section 195(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 he has consulted with such representative organisations as he thinks fit.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 3rd May 2009.

Increases in fees

2.—(1) The Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2003(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In the regulations specified in column (1) of the Table, for each amount specified in column (2) substitute the amount specified in column (3).

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Regulation	Existing Amount (£)	Substituted Amount (£)
3(1)(a)	78	85
3(1)(b)	95	104
3(1)(c)	50	55
3(2)	22	24
4(1)	16	17
6(1)(a)	78	85
6(1)(b)	95	104
6(1)(c)	50	55
6(2)	22	24
8	11	12

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Jim Fitzpatrick

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

2nd April 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”). Those Regulations prescribe the fees which are payable in connection with applications for a Minister’s Approval Certificate and appeals under the Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) Regulations 2003 (“the Approval Regulations”). The Approval Regulations allow motor cycles, mopeds and other specified vehicles to be approved in terms of their design, construction, equipment and marking.

Regulation 2(2) increases the fees prescribed by the 2003 Regulations. The increased fees are set out in the Table (with the percentage increase since the fees were last fixed shown in brackets).

Table

Nature of service	Existing amount (£)	Substituted amount (£)
Application for the issue of a Minister’s Approval Certificate made on the basis that the vehicle complies with the approval requirements in respect of:
(a) a vehicle which has two wheels other than a low power moped;	78	85 (9.0%)
(b) a vehicle which has three or more wheels other than a low power moped; and	95	104 (9.5%)
(c) a low power moped.	50	55 (10.0%)
Out of hours supplement.	22	24 (9.1%)
Retest within 6 months of a refusal.	16	17 (6.3%)
Appeal against the refusal of the issue of a Minister’s Approval Certificate in respect of:
(a) a vehicle which has two wheels other than a low power moped;	78	85 (9.0%)
(b) a vehicle which has three or more wheels other than a low power moped; and	95	104 (9.5%)
(c) a low power moped.	50	55 (10.0%)
Out of hours supplement.	22	24 (9.1%)
Replacement of lost or destroyed certificate.	11	12 (9.1%)

An impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the VOSA Corporate Office, Berkeley House, Croydon Street, Bristol BS5 0DA (telephone: [phone]). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. The impact assessment is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website www.opsi.gov.uk.

(1)

1988 c.52; section 61 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 8.

(2)

S.I. 2009/711. The relevant provisions in 2009/711 are article 5 and paragraphs 32, 34 and 35 of Schedule 1, together with article 9 and Schedule 2.

(3)

S.I. 2003/1960, amended by S.I. 2007/507 and 2008/1462.