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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-fees-regulations-1995/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-fees-regulations-1995/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3000",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-fees-regulations-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\n1 These Regulations replace the provisions in regulation 35 of the Goods Vehicles (Operators' Licences, Qualifications and Fees) Regulations 1984 (SI 1984/176) as amended which have been revoked by the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/2869), and impose a new fee structure.\n2 Regulation 3 and the Schedule set out what fees shall be payable and when those fees shall become due. Regulation 3(8) enables charges to be made by the traffic commissioner in accordance with an administrative arrangement made with the licence-holder.\n3 Regulation 4 provides for unused vehicle fees covering 12 month periods to be refunded in specified circumstances. These cover surrender, suspension, curtailment or revocation for disciplinary reasons, as well as the voluntary reduction by the licence-holder of the number of specified vehicles by 10 or more or by 20 per cent.\n4 Regulation 5 provides for a licence holder to transfer vehicle fees paid from a vehicle which is removed from the licence to one which is added to it.\n5 The changes are as follows:\nOld Fee\nNew Fee\nFee with application for licence\n£160\nFee for the issue of a licence\n£185\nFee for the issue of a licence\n£250\nFee for issue of a publishable variation\n£185\nFee with application for publishable variation\n£160\nFee for issue of an interim licence\n£42\nFee for continuation in force of a licence\n£250\nAdditional fee for motor vehicles specified on the licence (paid 5 yearly in advance)\n£8.50 per vehicle per quarter\nAdditional fee for motor vehicles specified on the licence\n£7 per motor vehicle per quarter (if paid 5 yearly in advance)\n£8.50 per motor vehicle per quarter (if paid annually in advance)\nAdditional fee for motor vehicles specified on an interim licence\n£10 per vehicle\nAdditional fee for motor vehicles specified on an interim licence\n£10 per vehicle",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3000/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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