Regulation 17 Advice on procedures for securing conformity of production

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 17(1) words inserted by Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) 2022 reg. 6(9)(a)
reg. 17(1) words inserted by Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) 2022 reg. 6(9)(b)
reg. 17(1) words inserted by Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) 2026 reg. 5
reg. 17(1) words substituted by Road Vehicles (Approval) 2020 Sch. 6 para. 13(16)(a)(i)
reg. 17(1) words inserted by Road Vehicles (Approval) 2020 Sch. 6 para. 13(16)(a)(ii)
reg. 17(2) words substituted by Road Vehicles (Approval) 2020 Sch. 6 para. 13(16)(b)

(1)

Subject to regulations 18, 19 and 20, the fee prescribed for advice given to a manufacturer by an officer of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions on whether his arrangements or proposed arrangements for securing conformity of production of vehicles are likely to be accepted by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the national type approval scheme or for the purposes of any Community instrument or ECE Regulation shall be determined by the amount of work involved charged at the hourly rate specified in regulation 4(1).

(2)

Where, at the applicant’s request, such advice is given by a person appointed by the Secretary of State to act on his behalf, not being an officer of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, a fee shall be payable equal to that person’s charges; such charges to be calculated on a basis to be agreed in advance with the applicant.