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The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

S.I. 1994/2136 · Made 14 August 1994

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 14th August 1994

Laid before Parliament 15th August 1994

Coming into force 5th September 1994

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45 and 46 of the Road Traffic Act 1988f1 and by the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988f2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 52; sections 45 and 46 were amended by paragraphs 52 and 53 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40).

f2

S.I. 1988/643; the relevant reference is paragraph 1 of Table III of Schedule 1.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. 3Regulation 3
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 5th September 1994.

2

The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981f1 shall be further amended in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.

3

In the regulations specified in column 1 of the Table below for the amounts specified in column 2 of the Table there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column 3 of the Table.

TABLE

(1)(2)(3)
RegulationExisting AmountSubstituted Amount
20(1)(a)£10.80£11.14
20(1)(aa)£18.20£18.78
20(1)(b)£21.30£21.98
20(1)(c)£25.30£26.10
20(1)(d)£32.00£33.04
20(1)(f)£27.94£28.84

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Steven Norris

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

14th August 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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

The fees payable for test examinations are increased as follows—

(a)

motor bicycles not having a side car attached, from £10.80 to £11.14;

(b)

motor bicycles with a side car attached, from £18.20 to £18.78;

(c)

vehicles in Class III (“light motor vehicles” other than motor bicycles), from £21.30 to £21,98;

(d)

vehicles in Class IV (“motor cars” and “heavy motor cars” not being vehicles within Classes III, V, VI or VII), from £25.30 to £26.10;

(e)

vehicles in Class V (“large passenger-carrying vehicles”, particular public service vehicles and “play buses”), from £32.00 to £33.04; and

(f)

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 £27.94 to £28.84.

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.