Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”) to increase the fee payable for the examination of vehicles and vehicle parts, and to introduce two new fees.

Regulation 3 of these Regulations inserts the definitions of “control strategy”, “cyber security”, “cyber security management system”, “cyber threat”, “risk”, “software update management system”, “specialist”, “standard workshop equipment” and “technical analysis” into regulation 3 of the 1999 Regulations.

Regulation 4 of these Regulations substitutes regulation 4(1) of the 1999 Regulations with increased fees. New paragraph (1)(a) increases the fee charged for an officer of the Department for Transport, who is not a specialist, carrying out an examination of a vehicle or vehicle part from an hourly rate of £89 to £134. New paragraph (1)(b) introduces a new fee charged at an hourly rate of £192 for an examination of a vehicle or vehicle part carried out by a specialist.

Regulation 4 of these Regulations inserts new paragraph (2A) into regulation 4 of the 1999 Regulations, which introduces new fees (at rates specified in Schedule 6 to the Regulations) where equipment owned by the Secretary of State is used for an examination of a vehicle or vehicle part. It also introduces new fees of £75 per examination for use of reference instruments and £76 per examination for the use of standard workshop equipment.

Regulation 5 makes consequential amendments to regulations 7, 16 and 17 of the 1999 Regulations so that the new fees introduced in regulation 4(1)(a) and (b) apply.

Regulation 6 inserts new Schedule 6 to the 1999 Regulations.

A full impact assessment has not been produced as the financial impact falls below the de minimis threshold and no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

A De Minimis Assessment and an Explanatory Memorandum have been prepared and are available alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk or from the Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 4DR.