# Public Service Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985. The principal amendments are as follows:
1 Regulation 3 prescribes 7 classes of public service vehicle, 6 for different types of buses and minibuses and 1 for taxis.
2 In regulation 4 provision is made for vehicle examiners to refuse to carry out an inspection of any vehicle where certain requirements are not met.
3 Regulation 4 also provides for the introduction into the vehicle inspection of an annual check of the condition of all seat belts and their anchorages (“the condition check”).
4 A single check of the quality of installation of additional forward facing seat belts and their anchorages (“the installation check”) is introduced into the vehicle inspection for certain classes of buses.
5 New fees are introduced for vehicle inspections which include such installation checks. The new fees are as follows:
(a) for the initial application for a licence, and where a re-application is made under regulation 9(2)—
(i) for class IA vehicles, £52·50;
(ii) for class IIA vehicles, £62·00; and
(iii) for class IIIA vehicles, £71·50;
(b) where a re-application is made within 21 days of a refusal, for all classes except taxis, £12·50;
(c) where a re-application is made under regulation 9(4) within 21 days of the notice of refusal—
(i) for class IA vehicles, £12·50;
(ii) for class IIA vehicles, £22·00; and
(iii) for class IIIA vehicles, £31·50.
Copies of the ECE Regulation and relevant Community Instruments referred to in these Regulations may be obtained from the Stationery Office Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GD.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/149/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/note
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