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The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

S.I. 2012/308 · Made 7 February 2012

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Road Traffic

Made 7th February 2012

Laid before Parliament 13th February 2012

Coming into force 1st April 2012

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45(1) and 57(1) and (7) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995f1 and by virtue of the Department for Transport (Fees) Order 2009f2.

Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 57(12) of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1995 c.23. See section 58(1) for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

f2

S.I. 2009/711; relevant provisions are articles 7 and 9, Schedule 1, paragraphs 44 to 47, and Schedule 2.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st April 2012.

2Amendment of Regulations

(1)

The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) Regulations 1995f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

The following substitutions are made in the Schedule —

(a)

in relation to fee number (i), in column 3, “£254” for “£250”;

(b)

in relation to fee number (ii), in column 3, “£397” for “£391”;

(c)

in relation to fee number (iii), in column 3, “£397” for “£391”;

(d)

in relation to fee number (iv), in column 3, “£68” for “£66”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Mike Penning

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

7th February 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the fees which are payable under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) Regulations 1995 in relation to goods vehicle operator licences granted under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995.

Fee changes, together with the percentage increase, are shown in the table below. The fees were last increased on 20th April 2009.

Old FeeNew FeePercentage Increase

Fee with licence application or application for a licence variation

£250£2541.6%

Fee for the issue of a licence

£391£3971.5%

Fee for the continuation in force of a licence

£391£3971.5%
Fee for the issue of an interim licence or interim direction£66£683.0%

A full 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 ODA and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.