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The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

S.R. 2005/406 · Made 25 August 2005

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ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Made 25th August 2005

Coming into operation 1st October 2005

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Articles 65(1) and (2), 67(1) and 110(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1 and of all other powers 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) 2003
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2005.

2Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

In the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003f1 for Schedule 1 there shall be substituted –

“SCHEDULE 1

FEES

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

PART 1

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£30·50
Over 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight
(i)

2 axle rigid vehicle

£37·50
(ii)

3 axle rigid vehicle

£48·50
(iii)

4 axle rigid vehicle

£60·00
(iv)

articulated vehicle having a 2 axle drawing vehicle

£42·00
(v)

articulated vehicle having a 3 axle drawing vehicle

£55·00
Trailer –
(i)

1 axle trailer

£35·00
(ii)

2 axle trailer

£36·00
(iii)

3 axle trailer

£37·00

PART 2

fee payable on application under regulation 13(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£18·50
Articulated vehicle£19·50
Trailer£19·50

”

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 25th August 2005.

L.S.

Stanley Duncan

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (“the principal Regulations”) 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 £28·00 to £30·50; and

(b)

the fee payable where an application for a re-test is made within 21 days from the date of service of a notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate is increased from £17·50 to £18·50.

(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 £35·00 to £37·50;

(ii)

for a 3 axle rigid vehicle, from £45·00 to £48·50;

(iii)

for a 4 axle rigid vehicle, from £56·00 to £60·00;

(iv)

for an articulated vehicle having a 2 axle drawing vehicle, from £39·00 to £42·00; and

(v)

for an articulated vehicle having a 3 axle drawing vehicle, from £51·00 to £55·00.

(b)

for 2, 3 and 4 axle rigid vehicles 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 £17·50 to £18·50.

(c)

for all articulated vehicles 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 £18·50 to £19·50.

(3)

For trailers –

(a)

the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a retest or an appeal is increased as follows –

(i)

for a 1 axle trailer, from £32·50 to £35·00;

(ii)

for a 2 axle trailer from £33·50 to £36·00;

(iii)

for a 3 axle trailer from £34·50 to £37·00.

(b)

for all trailer categories 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 £18·50 to £19·50.