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Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

S.R. 2001/247 · Made 21 June 2001

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ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Made 21st June 2001

Coming into operation 1st August 2001

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 65(1) and (2), 67(1) and 110(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “the Department” and “prescribed”

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2001.

2Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

(1)

The Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 20(1), for “£9·00” there shall be substituted “£10·00”.

(3)

For Schedule 1 there shall be substituted—

“SCHEDULE 1

Fees

Regulations 10(2),13(3) and (4) and 17(4)

Part I

Fee Payable on Application under regulations 10(2), 13(3) or 17(4)

(1)(2)
Class of VehicleAmount of Fee
3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight or under£18·50
  • Over 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight—

(i)

2 axle rigid vehicle

£24·50
(ii)

3 axle rigid vehicle

£30·00
(iii)

4 axle rigid vehicle

£36·50
(iv)

articulated vehicle having a 2 axle drawing vehicle

£26·50
(v)

articulated vehicle having a 3 axle drawing vehicle

£34·00
Trailer£23·50

Part II

Fee Payable on Application under regulation 13(4)

(1)(2)
Class of VehicleAmount of Fee
3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight or under£11·00
Over 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight£14·00
Trailer£14·00

”.

3Revocation

The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000f1 are hereby revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 21st June 2001.

L.S.

Sam Foster

Minister of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 by increasing the fees as follows—

(1)

For a vehicle 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight or under—

(a)

the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a re-test or an appeal is increased from £17·00 to £18·50; and

(b)

the fee payable where an application for a retest is made within 21 days from the date of service of a notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate is increased from £10·00 to £11·00.

(2)

For vehicles exceeding 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight—

(a)

the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a re-test or an appeal is increased as follows—

(i)

for a 2 axle rigid vehicle, from £23·00 to £24·50;

(ii)

for a 3 axle rigid vehicle, from £28·50 to £30·00;

(iii)

for a 4 axle rigid vehicle, from £35·00 to £36·50;

(iv)

for an articulated vehicle having a 2 axle drawing vehicle, from £25·00 to £26·50; and

(v)

for an articulated vehicle having a 3 axle drawing vehicle, from £32·50 to £34·00.

(b)

the fee payable where an application for a retest is made within 21 days from the date of service of a notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate is increased from £13·00 to £14·00.

(3)

For a trailer—

(a)

the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a retest or an appeal is increased from £22·00 to £23·50; and

(b)

the fee payable where an application for a retest is made within 21 days from the date of service of a notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate is increased from £13·00 to £14·00.

(4)

The fee payable for the issue of a replacement certificate is increased from £9·00 to £10·00.