Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987 by substituting a new fees table for the current one in regulation 7. The new fees table introduces a fee for those aged 70 and over who apply for a new licence on the expiration of their old one (see paragraph (5) of the new table). Applications for licences which formerly attracted a fee continue to do so.

The fee for a first licence (except one granted in exchange for a full Northern Ireland licence or to a person who has held such a licence which was granted on or after 1st January 1976) is increased from £17 to £21 (see paragraph (1) of the new table).

The fee for a second and any subsequent provisional licence which carries motorcycling entitlement is increased from £5 to £6, except where the licence is granted to a person who has been disqualified from driving until test passed (see paragraph (4) of the new table).

The fee for a licence granted to a person after the expiration of a period of disqualification remains at £20 if the disqualification was imposed in the circumstances prescribed under section 94(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, and is increased from £5 to £12 in other cases (see paragraph (6) of the new table).

The fee for a provisional licence granted to a person after he has been disqualified until test passed remains at £20 if the disqualification was imposed in the circumstances prescribed under section 94(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, and is increased from £5 to £12 in other cases (see paragraph (7) of the new table). The fee for the first full licence granted afterwards is increased from £5 to £6 (see paragraph (8) of the new table).

The fee for a licence granted in exchange for certain subsisting or revoked licences (see paragraph (3) of the new table) or for a full Northern Ireland licence or to a person who has held a full Northern Ireland licence which was granted on or after 1st January 1976 (see paragraph (2) of the new table) is increased from £5 to £6.

The fee for a duplicate licence is increased from £5 to £6 (see paragraph (9) of the new table).