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Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

S.R. 2003/99 · Made 25 February 2003

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ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Made 25th February 2003

Coming into operation 1st April 2003

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 61(1), 66(1) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f1 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnelf2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department” and “prescribed”

f2

Formerly the Department of Finance. see S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6), Article 3

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2003.

2Amendment of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985

In the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985f1 for Schedule 7 there shall be substituted –

“SCHEDULE 7

Fees for Vehicle Licences

Regulations 4A(1), 5(3), 9(2), (3), (5) and (6),and 12(1)

1. Fee payable with initial application for a vehicle licence (see regulation 5(3))
(a)

Buses –

Class I£63·50
Class II£63·50
Class III£63·50
Class IA£75·00
Class IIA£86·50
Class IIIA£97·50
(b)

Taxi

£61·50
2. Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence (see regulation 9(2))
(a)

Buses –

Class I£63·50
Class II£63·50
Class III£63·50
Class IA£75·00
Class IIA£86·50
Class IIIA£97·50
(b)

Taxi

£61·50
3. Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence made within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal (see regulation 9(3))
(a)

Buses –

All Classes£18·50
(b)

Taxi

£18·50
4. Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence made under regulation 9(4) within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal (see regulation 9(5))
Buses –
Class IA£18·50
Class IIA£30·00
Class IIIA£42·00
5. Fee payable for a duplicate vehicle licence (see regulation 12(1))
(a)

Buses—

All Classes£10·00
(b)

Taxi

£10·00

”.

3Revocation

The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 25th February 2003.

L.S.

Stanley Duncan

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves these regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 25th February 2003.

L.S.

Rodney Scott

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 by increasing some of the fees payable –

(1)

For an initial application for a vehicle licence (regulation 5(3)) the following fees have increased –

(a)

Buses –

  • Class I, II and III, from £60·50 to £63·50;

  • Class IA, from £72·00 to £75·00;

  • Class IIA, from £83·50 to £86·50; and

  • Class IIIA, from £94·00 to £97·50;

(b)

Taxi, from £38·50 to £61·50.

(2)

For a re-application for a vehicle licence (regulation 9(2)) the following fees have increased –

(a)

Buses –

  • Class I, II and III from £60·50 to £63·50;

  • Class IA, from £72·00 to £75·00;

  • Class IIA, from £83·50 to £86·50; and

  • Class IIIA, from £94·00 to £97·50;

(b)

Taxi, from £38·50 to £61·50.

(3)

For a re-application for a vehicle licence made within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal (regulation 9(3)) the following fee has increased –

(a)

Taxi, an increase from £16·50 to £18·50.

(4)

All other fees remain unchanged.

The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 are revoked.