# The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1990, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Goods Vehicle (Plating and Testing Regulations 1988 (the “1988 Regulations”) as follows.
1 Regulation 13 makes the following amendments to the fees prescribed by the 1988 Regulations.
(a) The fee payable on an application for a first examination or periodical test is increased from £26.50 to £28.00 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £14.50 to £15.25 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 at the same station or at another station and by arrangement is increased from £13.50 to £14.25 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £7.75 to £8.25 in the case of a trailer. The fee for re-tests in other circumstances is increased from £26.50 to £28.00 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £14.50 to £15.25 in the case of a trailer.
(c) The fee payable on a request for an amendment to a plating certificate following a notifiable alteration or for a re-test where a particular in the certificate is or may be no longer applicable is increased from £11.00 to £11.75.
(d) The fee payable on an application for a replacement for a lost or defaced plate, certificate or ministry test date disc is increased from £7.75 to £8.25.
The Regulations do not affect the supplement to the fees payable for examinations or tests on Saturdays.
2 The Regulations substitute the word “constable” for a reference to “police constable”.
3 The opportunity has been taken to update references to the Road Traffic Act 1972 to refer to the Road Traffic Act 1988.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/448/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-plating-and-testing-amendment-regulations-1990/note
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