Regulation 23A F1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The Secretary of State shall, on request, supply (by electronic or other means) a test set to any person who has appointed another person or class of persons to conduct theory tests under sub-paragraph (b), (c), (da), (db), F2(dc), (dd), (e) or (f) of regulation 23(1) or under regulation 23(2)(b).

(F32)

For each test set supplied under paragraph (1) in respect of a test which—

(a)

is of the type specified in column (2) of an item in the table;

(b)

relates to a vehicle falling within a category specified in column (3); and

(c)

is to be conducted at a time specified in column (4),

the Secretary of State may make a charge of the amount specified in column (5).

Table

(1) Item	(2) Type of test	(3) Vehicle category	(4) Time	(5) Charge £
1.	Any test	AM, A or B	Before 1st October 2014	18.50
2.	Any test	AM, A or B	On or after 1st October 2014	15
3.	Large vehicle test of driving theory	C or D	Before 1st October 2014	20
4.	Large vehicle test of driving theory	C or D	On or after 1st October 2014	12
5.	Large vehicle test of hazard perception	C or D	Any time	9

(3)

The charge referred to in paragraph (2) is payable by the person who has appointed a person or class of persons to conduct the theory test for which a test set has been supplied.

(4)

In this regulation, a “test set” means—

(a)

in respect of F4a test falling within item 1 or 2 of the table in paragraph (2), a set of F5the information and materials necessary for the conduct of that test, including the film clips as described in regulation 40B, for each person taking the test; and

(b)

in respect of F6a test falling within item 3, 4 or 5 of the table in paragraph (2), a set of theory test questions, in the case of the large vehicle test of driving theory or a set of film clips, in the case of the large vehicle test of hazard perception, the set of questions or clips each being as described in regulation 40B, for each person taking the test.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 23A inserted (7.7.2008) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1435), regs. 1(1), 6 (with reg. 22)
F2: Words in reg. 23A(1) inserted (1.11.2021) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1128), regs. 1(2), 5
F3: Reg. 23A(2) substituted (20.8.2014) by The Driving Theory Test Fees (Various Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1816), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
F4: Words in reg. 23A(4)(a) substituted (20.8.2014) by The Driving Theory Test Fees (Various Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1816), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)(i)
F5: Words in reg. 23A(4)(a) substituted (1.5.2010) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1203), regs. 1(2), 9
F6: Words in reg. 23A(4)(b) substituted (20.8.2014) by The Driving Theory Test Fees (Various Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1816), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)(ii)

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: 1988 c. 52. Relevant amendments are referred to where appropriate below. Amending statutes and instruments are referred to in the footnotes to these Regulations in the following manner: “the 1989 Act" means the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22); “the 1990 Regulations" means the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/144), “the 1991 Act" means the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), “the 1996 Regulations" means the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974) and “the 1998 Regulations" means the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1420).
F2: Subsection (6) was amended by the 1990 Regulations.
F3: Subsection (1A) was inserted by the 1996 Regulations, subsections (2A) and (5A) were inserted by the 1989 Act, section 6; subsection (3) was amended by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 63; subsection (4) was amended by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 8 and by the 1996 Regulations; subsection (7) was amended and subsections (9) and (10) were substituted by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 8 and subsections (7), (9) and (10) were amended by the 1996 Regulations. Subsection (4)(b) is to be read with the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/643), as amended by S.I. 1991/811, 1993/1601, 1995/1684 and 1996/1929, the relevant entries being items 5, 5A and 6 in Schedule 1, Table III.
F4: Section 89A was inserted by the 1989 Act, section 4(4).
F5: Subsection (2) was amended by the 1996 Regulations.
F6: Subsections (4) and (5) were amended by the 1989 Act, section 5(7) and (8).
F7: Subsections (1) and (3) were amended by the 1989 Act, section 6(2) and Schedule 6 and by the 1996 and 1998 Regulations, subsection (1A) was inserted by the 1998 Regulations; subsections (3A) and (3B) were inserted by the 1989 Act, section 6(2) and subsection (3A) was amended by the 1996 and 1998 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1996 and 1998 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1998 Regulations.
F8: Subsections (2) and (4) were amended by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 11. Subsection (2) was amended by the 1990 Regulations.
F9: Subsection (1) was amended by Schedule 3, paragraph 12, of the 1989 Act; subsection (1A) was inserted by section 2(2) of that Act.
F10: Section 99A was inserted by the 1996 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1998 Regulations.
F11: Subsection (2) was amended by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 14 and by the 1990, 1996 and 1998 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1996 Regulations.
F12: See the definitions of “prescribed" and “regulations".
F13: Sections 114, 115, 116 and 117 to 122 (Part IV of the Act) were substituted by the 1989 Act, section 2(1) and Schedule 2, Section 114(1) was amended by the 1996 Regulations.
F14: Subsection (3) was amended by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 64 and the 1996 Regulations.
F15: Section 115A was inserted by the 1996 Regulations.
F16: Subsection (2A) was inserted by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 65.
F17: See the definition of “prescribed".
F18: Amended by the 1990 Regulations.
F19: Amended by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 68.
F20: Inserted by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 23.
F21: See the definition of “prescribed".
F22: See section 105(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.