{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-plating-and-testing-amendment-regulations-1992/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-plating-and-testing-amendment-regulations-1992/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/564",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-plating-and-testing-amendment-regulations-1992",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 (“the 1988 Regulations”) as follows.\nRegulation 3 makes the following amendments to the fees prescribed by the 1988 Regulations.\n(a) 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.\n(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 £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.\n(c) 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following a notifiable alteration or for a re-examination where a particular in the certificate is or may be no longer applicable is increased from £12.90 to £13.60.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.\n(d) 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/564/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:26:48.258291+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}