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Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

S.R. 2000/150 · Made 2 May 2000

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ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Made 2nd May 2000

Coming into operation 19th June 2000

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 5(3), (4) and (5) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f1 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and in accordance with Article 19C(3) of that Orderf2 with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnelf3 as regards regulation 2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department” and “prescribed”; Article 5 was substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Schedule 1 and amended by S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 2

f2

Article 19C was substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Schedule 1 and amended by S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10), Schedule 3, paragraph 8 and S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 11

f3

Formerly the Department of Finance; see S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6), Article 3

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 19th June 2000.

2Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

For Schedule 4 (fees for tests) to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996f1 there shall be substituted—

“SCHEDULE 4

Fees for Tests

Regulation 22f2

Column (1)Column (2)Column (3)
Category or sub-category of vehicleTest, other than an extended driving test, commencing—Extended driving test commencing—
(a) During normal hours(b) Out of hours(a) During normal hours(b) Out of hours
1. A1, B1 (other than B1 invalid carriages) and P£45·00£57·00——
2. A£45·00£57·00£90·00—
3. B£34·00£46·00£68·00—
4. F, G, H and K£34·00———
5. B+E, C1, C1+E, D1, D1+E, C, C+E, D and D+E£49·50£74·50——
6. B1 (invalid carriages)NilNilNilNil

”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 27th April 2000.

L.S.

J. Ritchie

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves regulation 2.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 2nd May 2000.

L.S.

D. Stirling

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 by increasing fees for driving tests as follows—

(a)

the fee for a test, other than an extended test, for vehicles in categories A, A1, B1 (other than B1 invalid carriages) and P is increased from £42·50 to £45·00 for a test commencing during normal hours and from £53·50 to £57·00 for a test commencing out of hours;

(b)

the fee for a test, other than an extended test, for a vehicle in category B is increased from £32·00 to £34·00 for a test commencing during normal hours and from £43·00 to £46·00 for a test commencing out of hours;

(c)

the fee for a test, other than an extended test, for vehicles in categories F, G, H and K is increased from £32·00 to £34·00 for a test commencing during normal hours;

(d)

the fee for an extended test during normal hours for a vehicle in category A is increased from £85·00 to £90·00; and

(e)

the fee for an extended test during normal hours for a vehicle in category B is increased from £64·00 to £68·00.

The fee of £43·00 for out of hours tests in categories F, G, H and K has been omitted as out of hours testing for these categories is no longer carried out.

The fee for a test, other than an extended test, for vehicles in categories B+E, C1, C1+E, C, C+E, D1, D1+E, D and D+E remains unchanged at £49·50 for a test commencing during normal hours and £74·50 for a test commencing out of hours.