# The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1993, Regulation 6: Substitution of regulation 16 (fees for re-tests)


For regulation 16 there shall be substituted the following regulation—
“16 (1) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (6), where the applicant for a re-test requests that a re-test under regulation 15 be carried out within 14 days after the vehicle was submitted for its first examination or periodic test (as the case may be) the fee for the re-test shall be £17.60 in the case of a motor vehicle and £9.70 in the case of a trailer.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (5), in a case where paragraph (1) does not apply, the fee for a re-test under regulation 15 shall be £34.70 in the case of a motor vehicle or £17.90 in the case of a trailer.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to a further re-test in a case where—
(a) a previous re-test has been carried out on the vehicle in circumstances in which a fee was payable under that paragraph, and
(b) the applicant for the further re-test requests that the further re-test be carried out within 14 days after the vehicle was submitted for the previous re-test;
and, subject to paragraphs (4) and (6), in such a case the fee for the further re-test shall be £17.60 in case of a motor vehicle and £9.70 in case of a trailer.
(4) Where the date arranged for a re-test is, at the applicant’s request, a Saturday the fee payable under paragraph (1) or (3) in respect of the re-test shall be increased by £9.80 in the case of a motor vehicle and £6.10 in the case of a trailer.
(5) Where the date arranged for a re-test is, at the applicant’s request, a Saturday the fee payable under paragraph (2) in respect of the re-test shall be increased by £19.50 in the case of a motor vehicle and £12.30 in the case of a trailer.
(6) Any fee which would otherwise be payable by virtue of paragraph (1), (3) or (4) shall not be payable if—
(a) the vehicle is submitted for a re-test on the same day as the day on which the first examination or periodical test (as the case may be), was carried out, on the first day thereafter on which the relevant vehicle testing station is open.
(b) the fee for the first examination, periodical test or last preceding re-test, as the case may be, has been paid; and
(c) the re-test is due only to one or more defects in the vehicle as a result of which any of the following prescribed construction and use requirements are not complied with, namely those contained in—
(i) the following items in paragraphs 1 and 2 in Part I of Schedule 3, namely items 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14 (in so far as it relates to the emission of an oily substance) and 16;
(ii) items 17, 18 and 19 in paragraph 2 in Part I of Schedule 3 (except in so far as those items relate to rear markings);
(iii) paragraph 3 in Part I of Schedule 3;
and the requirements of Part II of Schedule 3 so far as those requirements relate to the condition of the spare wheel carrier, fuel tanks and system, bumpers and the cab.
(7) The fees payable under this regulation shall be paid on submission of the vehicle for the re-test.
(8) In paragraph (6), “the relevant vehicle testing station”, in relation to a re-test, means the testing station at which the re-test is to be carried out pursuant to arrangements made under regulation 15.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2048/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-plating-and-testing-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-6
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