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 £30.80 to £32.40 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £16.70 to £17.60 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 £18.60 to £19.50 for a motor vehicle and from £11.70 to £12.30 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 £15.60 to £16.40 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £9.00 to £9.50 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 £9.30 to £9.80 for a motor vehicle and from £5.80 to £6.10 for a trailer. The fee for re-tests in other circumstances is increased from £30.80 to £32.40 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £16.70 to £17.60 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 £18.60 to £19.50 for a motor vehicle and from £11.70 to £12.30 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following a notifiable alteration or for a re-examination where a particular in the certificate is or may be no longer applicable is increased from £12.90 to £13.60. 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 £8.00 to £8.40.
The fee payable on an application for a replacement for a lost of defaced plate, certificate or Ministry test date disc is increased from £8.80 to £9.30.