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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-and-approval-marks-fees-regulations-1995/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/925",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-and-approval-marks-fees-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Fees—examination of a complete vehicle under the national type approval scheme",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (5), the fee for the examination of a vehicle to which the Great Britain Regulations apply with a view to the issue in respect of that vehicle of a document specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 where, before the examination takes place, type approval procedures have been carried out (whether in Great Britain or elsewhere) to ascertain that in respect of that vehicle all the approval requirements which—\n(a) are referred to in Schedule 1 to those Regulations;\n(b) relate to particular parts or aspects of a vehicle; and\n(c) are applicable to the vehicle,\nhave been satisfied, is the amount specified in column 3 of Part I of Schedule 2.\n(2) The fee for the examination of a vehicle to which the Great Britain Regulations for Goods Vehicles apply with a view to the issue in respect of that vehicle of a document specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 where, before the examination takes place, type approval procedures have been carried out (whether in Great Britain or elsewhere) to ascertain that in respect of that vehicle all the approval requirements which—\n(a) are referred to in Schedule 1 to those Regulations;\n(b) relate to particular parts or aspects of a vehicle; and\n(c) are applicable to the vehicle,\nhave been satisfied, is the amount specified in paragraph (3).\n(3) The amount referred to in paragraph (2) is the amount shown in—\n(a) column 2(a) of Schedule 3 if the vehicle is in category L2, L5 or N1;\n(b) column 2(b) of Schedule 3 if the vehicle is in category N2; and\n(c) column 2(c) of Schedule 3 if the vehicle is in category N3.\n(4) Where in the case of an examination of a complete vehicle mentioned in paragraphs (1) or (2) above—\n(a) it has been found impossible to complete that examination satisfactorily; or\n(b) the vehicle has been found not to comply in all aspects with the relevant approval requirements; or\n(c) the vehicle is one which has been assembled in more than one stage by more than one manufacturer, and a type approval certificate has been issued to a manufacturer other than the applicant; or\n(d) a type approval certificate or Minister’s approval certificate has previously been issued in respect of the model of the vehicle but the vehicle incorporates certain changes in detail not covered by the certificate,\nand a further, but partial, examination of the vehicle is required before the documentation can properly be issued in respect of it, the fee for that partial examination shall be such proportion of the relevant sum specified in Part I of Schedule 2 or, as the case may be, Schedule 3 as the Secretary of State considers to be appropriate in view of the nature and extent of that partial examination.\n(5) Where a person applies for the issue of a Minister’s approval certificate in respect of a vehicle on the basis that it is a low volume type approval vehicle within the meaning of the Great Britain Regulations, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if the references to Part I of Schedule 2 were references to Part II of that Schedule.\n(6) If in circumstances where paragraph (5) applies—\n(a) some or all of the procedures referred to in paragraph (1) have been carried out on behalf of the Secretary of State; and\n(b) as a result, the work involved in carrying out the examination is less than otherwise would have been the case,\nthe fee for the examination shall be such proportion of the relevant sum specified in Part II of Schedule 2 as the Secretary of State considers to be appropriate in view of the nature and extent of the examination.\n(7) This regulation is subject to regulation 19.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/925/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:11:59.053144+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."
}