Explanatory note

Northern Ireland

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

The Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (“the Approval Regulations”) as amended by the Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No. 30) established a statutory system for approving the construction of single vehicles before they enter into service.

These Regulations revoke and replace the Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 170). They prescribe the fees payable in connection with applications made in accordance with the Approval Regulations.

In particular, they introduce fees payable for the basic single vehicle approval (“SVA”) test in respect of goods vehicles and for the enhanced SVA test in respect of both goods vehicles and passenger vehicles.

The enhanced SVA test applies to passenger vehicles and light goods vehicles imported by a commercial importer and requires compliance with more demanding standards covering important safety, security (anti-theft) and environmental aspects of vehicle design and construction, such as emissions, noise, brakes and steering.

The Regulations also prescribe the fee payable in connection with applications made to test passenger vehicles and light goods vehicles that have been driven for no more than 3000km since their date of manufacture and which have EC type approval but which do not have an EC certificate of conformity. They also prescribe the fee payable for the replacement of a Department’s approval certificate which has been lost or defaced and make provision for the repayment of fees in certain circumstances.

For passenger vehicles the fees payable are as follows –

(a)

the basic SVA test first application is £200;

(b)

the basic SVA further application is £45;

(c)

the enhanced SVA supplement, where it applies, is –

(i)

£65 in a case in which the vehicle is the subject of a model report, and

(ii)

£55 in a case in which the vehicle is not the subject of a model report;

(d)

the enhanced SVA further application is £45;

(e)

the cost of a duplicate/replacement certificate is £10;

(f)

where the vehicle has EC type approval but does not have an EC certificate of conformity and has been driven no more than 3000km the fee is £50; and

(g)

where the vehicle has EC type approval but does not have an EC certificate of conformity and has been driven no more than 3000km the fee for a further application is £10.

For goods vehicles the fees payable are as follows –

(a)

the basic SVA test first application is £85;

(b)

the basic SVA test further application is £21;

(c)

the enhanced SVA supplement, where it applies, is –

(i)

£40 in a case in which the vehicle is the subject of a model report, and

(ii)

£30 in a case in which the vehicle is not the subject of a model report;

(d)

the enhanced SVA further application is £21;

(e)

the cost of a duplicate/replacement certificate is £10;

(f)

where the vehicle has EC type approval but does not have an EC certificate of conformity and has been driven no more than 3000km the fee is £50; and

(g)

where the vehicle has EC type approval but does not have an EC certificate of conformity and has been driven no more than 3000km the fee for a further application is £10.

For both passenger and goods vehicles the fee payable for a certificate issued following basic SVA inspection by another EEA State is £80, and for an enhanced test (where the basic SVA test has been conducted by another EEA State) the fee is –

(a)

£120 in a case where the vehicle is the subject of a model report; and

(b)

£110 in a case where the vehicle is not the subject of a model report.

Copies of the Regulations referred to in these Regulations can be obtained from TSO, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD.

Notes on the whole SR

Textual amendments

F1: Regulations revoked (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 43 (with reg. 30, Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)