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The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

S.I. 1988/338 · Made 29 February 1988

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 29th February 1988

Laid before Parliament 8th March 1988

Coming into force 1st April 1988

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 45 of the Road Traffic Act 1972f1 and now vested in himf2, and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 199(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1972 c. 20.

f2

S.I. 1979/571 and 1981/238.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.

2

The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1982f1 are hereby amended so that in the regulations specified in column 1 of the Table below for the words specified in column 2 of that Table there are substituted the words specified in column 3 of the Table.

TABLE

(1)(2)(3)
RegulationExisting wordsSubstituted words
12(3)£23.50£25.25
£13£14
16(1)£12£13
£7£7.50
16(2)£23.50£25.25
£13£14
32£9.50£10.50
40(1)£7£7.50

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Peter Bottomley

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

29th February 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1982 so that—

(a)

the fee payable on an application for a first examination or periodical test is increased from £23.50 to £25.25 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £13 to £14 in the case of a trailer;

(b)

the fee for a re-test or further re-test within 14 days after the first examination or earlier re-test and at the same station or at another auxiliary station by arrangement is increased from £12 to £13 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £7 to £7.50 in the case of a trailer. The fee for re-tests in other circumstances is increased from £23.50 to £25.50 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £13 to £14 in the case of a trailer;

(c)

the fee payable on a request for an amendment to a plating certificate following a notifiable alteration is increased from £9.50 to £10.50; and

(d)

the fee payable on an application for a replacement for a lost or defaced plate or certificate is increased from £7 to £7.50.