Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 (the “1988 Regulations”) as follows.
Regulation 3 makes the following amendments to the fees prescribed by the 1988 Regulations.
The fee payable on an application for a first examination or periodical test is increased from £28.00 to £30.80 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £15.25 to £16.70 in the case of a trailer. Where the appointment for such a test is, at an applicant’s request, on a Saturday, the supplement to the normal fee is increased from £17.50 to £18.60 for a motor vehicle and from £11.00 to £11.70 for a trailer.
The fee for a re-test or further re-test within 14 days after the first examination or earlier re-test at the same station or at another station and by arrangement is increased from £14.25 to £15.60 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £8.25 to £9.00 in the case of a trailer. Where the appointment for such a re-test is, at an applicant’s request, on a Saturday, the supplement to the normal fee is increased from £8.75 to £9.30 for a motor vehicle and from £5.50 to £5.80 for a trailer. The fee for re-tests in other circumstances is increased from £28.00 to £30.80 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £15.25 to £16.70 in the case of a trailer. Where the appointment for such a re-test is, at an applicant’s request, on a Saturday, the supplement to the normal fee is increased from £17.50 to £18.60 for a motor vehicle and from £11.00 to £11.70 for a trailer.
The fee payable on a request for an amendment to a plating certificate following a notifiable alteration or for a re-examination where a particular in the certificate is or may be no longer applicable is increased from £11.75 to £12.90. Where an appointment for a re-examination following a notifiable alteration or with a view to amendment of a plating certificate is, at an applicant’s request, on a Saturday, the supplement to the normal fee is increased from £7.50 to £8.00.
The fee payable on an application for a replacement for a lost or defaced plate, certificate or Ministry test date disc is increased from £8.25 to £8.80.