{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-and-approval-marks-fees-regulations-1990/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-and-approval-marks-fees-regulations-1990/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/461",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-and-approval-marks-fees-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Fees—visits outside the United Kingdom",
  "text": "(1) Where, in connection with an application for or the performance of, the carrying out, or supervision by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, of an examination of a vehicle or vehicle part in relation to the issue of a type approval certificate or authorisation for the purpose of a Community Instrument, or ECE Regulation, or in relation to a type approval certificate or Minister’s approval certificate for the purpose of the national type approval scheme, a visit to a place outside the United Kingdom is made, or is arranged to be made, by one or more persons acting for or on behalf of the Secretary of State, then in addition to the fee or fees prescribed by the regulations above, there shall be paid by the applicant on demand by or on behalf of the Secretary of State a further fee equal to the total of–\n(a) the travelling and subsistence expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred otherwise than on land in the United Kingdom by each person so acting in relation to the application or examination (including expenses outstanding after the cancellation of any travelling or subsistence arrangements which result from the withdrawal of any such application); and\n(b) the whole, or such proportion as the Secretary of State may determine is reasonably attributable to the application or examination, of a sum of £45 for each hour spent or expected to be spent by each person so acting whilst travelling otherwise than on land in the United Kingdom, wholly or partly in relation to the application or examination.\n(2) If–\n(a) payments have been made in accordance with paragraph (1) in respect of travelling and subsistence expenses expected to be incurred, or in respect of time expected to be spent in travelling; and\n(b) the amount of travelling and subsistence expenses actually incurred or the time actually spent travelling in consequence of the application is greater or less than was estimated,\nthe fee payable under paragraph (1) shall be re-calculated in accordance with that paragraph by reference to the actual travelling and subsistence expenses incurred and the actual time spent in travelling, and the difference shall be paid by, or as the case may be, refunded, to the applicant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/461/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:25:49.989350+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}