Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 (“the 1981 Regulations”) in relation to Class VI vehicles (public service vehicles other than those of a type specified in regulation 5(3) as follows.
The fee payable for an examination under regulation 12 of the 1981 Regulations of a vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 passengers is increased from £36.25 to £38.00. The Regulations do not affect the supplements to the fees payable for such examinations on Saturdays.
The fee payable for the re-examination of a vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 passengers, within 14 days of the date of the issue of the notice of refusal of a test certificate, is increased from £17.75 to £18.75 and the fee for such a re-examination on a Saturday is increased from £30.00 to £31.00.
The fee for the re-examination of any other vehicle, within 14 days of the date of the issue of the notice of refusal, is increased from £12.50 to £13.25 and the fee for such a re-examination on a Saturday is increased from £21.50 to £22.25.
The fee payable for the re-examination of a vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 passengers, later than 14 days from the issue of the notice of refusal, is increased from £36.25 to £38.00 and the fee for such an examination on a Saturday is increased from £60.75 to £62.50.
The fee payable for the re-examination of any other vehicle, later than 14 days from the issue of the notice of refusal, is increased from £25.25 to £26.50 and the fee for such an examination on a Saturday is increased from £43.25 to £44.50.
The fee payable for the issue of a duplicate test certificate is increased from £7.75 to £8.25.