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The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007

S.I. 2007/1018 · Made 23 March 2007

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Road Traffic

Made 23rd March 2007

Laid before Parliament 28th March 2007

Coming into force 1st May 2007

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 21(3) and 22(1)(i) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994f1 and by virtue of the Department for Transport (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Fees) Order 2003f2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994 c.22; section 21(3) was inserted by the Finance Act 1995, section 19 and Schedule 4, paragraph 33; section 22(1)(i) was inserted by the Finance Act 1996, section 23 and Schedule 2, paragraph 4(5).

f2

S.I. 2003/2994.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Regulations
  3. 3Amendment of Regulations
  4. 4Amendment of Regulations
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st May 2007.

2Amendment of Regulations

The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following regulations.

3Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 10 (registration and issue of registration document), in paragraph (1) for “£38” there shall be substituted “£50”.

4Amendment of Regulations

In the regulations referred to in column (1) of the Table below, in the paragraphs referred to in column (2) thereof, for “£19” there shall be substituted “£25”.

Table

(1) Regulations(2) Paragraphs
13 (issue of replacement registration document)(2A)
14 (correction of registration document)(2A)
16 (notification of alteration to a vehicle)(1A)
18 (notification of a change of the keeper’s name or address)(1A)
22 (change of keeper: new keeper not a trader)(3)
24 (change of keeper: new keeper a trader)(2A) and (6)

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

S.J. Ladyman

Minister of State

Department for Transport

23rd March 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 to increase the fees payable in respect of first registration and the replacement of a registration document.

The Regulations provide that on 1st May 2007—

(a)

the first registration fee increases from £38 to £50 (an increase of 31.6%) (regulation 3); and

(b)

the fee for a new registration document increases from £19 to £25 (an increase of 31.6%) (regulation 4).

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Finance Group, Longview Road, Morriston, Swansea SA6 7JL and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the Regulations on the OPSI website, www.opsi.gov.uk. A copy of the assessment has also been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.