Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 as follows.

Amendments coming into force on 1st August 1992

Fees for test examinations are increased as follows:

(a)

motor bicycles not having a side car attached, from £10.00 to £10.35;

(b)

vehicles in Class III (“light motor vehicles” other than motor bicycles) or motor bicycles with a side car attached, from £16.65 to £17.30;

(c)

vehicles in Class IV (“motor cars” and “heavy motor cars” not being vehicles within Classes III, V, VI or VII), from £20.00 to £21.00;

(d)

vehicles in Class V (“large passenger-carrying vehicles”, particular public service vehicles and “play buses”), from £19.30 to £29.15; and

(e)

vehicles in Class VII (goods vehicles with a design gross weight of more than 3,000 kgs but not more than 3,500 kgs), from £22.60 to £23.50.

The fee payable for the supply of 100 forms of test certificate is reduced from £44.50 to £36.00.

Amendments coming into force on 1st January 1993

Fees for certain test examinations will be further increased (further to those mentioned in paragraph 1 of this note) as follows:

(a)

vehicles in Class III, from £17.30 to £20.30;

(b)

vehicles in Class IV, from £21.00 to £24.00;

(c)

vehicles in Class V, from £29.15 to £30.35; and

(d)

vehicles in Class VII, from £23.50 to £26.50.

Fees on appeal and fees for duplicate test certificates

In the case of the vehicles mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 3 of this note, the fee payable on an appeal, where a notice of the refusal of a test certificate has been issued, is the same amount as the fee payable under regulation 20(1), while the fee for a duplicate test certificate is one half of this amount. These fees will be increased accordingly.