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The Motor Vehicles (Off Road Events) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2010

S.I. 2010/1003 · Made 24 March 2010

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Road Traffic, England

Made 24th March 2010

Laid before Parliament 26th March 2010

Coming into force 24th April 2010

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13A of the Road Traffic Act 1988f1, having consulted such representative organisations as he thought fit in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c.52; section 13A was inserted by section 5 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Application
  3. 3Amendment of the 1995 Regulations
  4. 4Authorising Bodies
  5. 5Fees
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Off Road Events) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 24th April 2010.

(2)

In these Regulations “the 1995 Regulations” means the Motor Vehicles (Off Road Events) Regulations 1995f1.

2Application

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations apply in relation to events taking place wholly or partly in England in respect of which an application for authorisation is made under the 1995 Regulations on or after the coming into force of these Regulations.

(2)

Where an event takes place partly in England and partly elsewhere, these Regulations apply only to the part taking place in England.

3Amendment of the 1995 Regulations

The 1995 Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 4 and 5.

4Authorising Bodies

In regulation 3—

(a)

for “Association of Rover Clubs Limited” substitute “Association of Land Rover Clubs Limited”;

(b)

for “the Auto-Cycle Union” substitute “Auto-Cycle Union Limited”; and

(c)

for “the Royal Automobile Club” substitute “the Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association Limited”.

5Fees

In regulation 5 after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3)

Any fee determined by an authorising body must not exceed a reasonable amount.

(4)

An authorising body must publish, in such manner as it considers appropriate for informing persons likely to be affected, the levels of any fees which it has determined in accordance with paragraph (1) as they apply from time to time.

(5)

An authorising body may not increase any fee unless details of the increase are published in accordance with paragraph (4) not less than three months before the date on which the increase takes effect.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Paul Clark

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

24th March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Off Road Events) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1371) (“the 1995 Regulations”). These amendments apply in relation to motoring events taking place wholly or partly in England in respect of which an application for authorisation under the 1995 Regulations is made on or after the coming into force of these Regulations. Where an event takes place partly in England and partly elsewhere, these Regulations apply only to the part taking place in England.

Regulation 4 amends the list of bodies appointed to authorise off-road events in England. The changes are: (a) the Association of Land Rover Clubs Limited replaces the Association of Rover Clubs Limited; (b) the Auto-Cycle Union Limited replaces the Auto-Cycle Union; and (c) the Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association Limited replaces the Royal Automobile Club.

Regulation 5 makes additional provision in relation to the setting of application fees by the authorising bodies. Any fee determined must not exceed a reasonable amount. Fee levels are required to be published and may not be increased unless details of any increase are published at least 3 months before it takes effect.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from Department for Transport, RUS 4, zone 2/15, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR. A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website at http://www.opsi.gov.uk.