# The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2007, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”).
The Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (“the 1994 Act”) provides for reduced rates of vehicle excise duty to be applicable to certain buses, haulage vehicles and heavy goods vehicles (“eligible vehicles”) which meet the reduced pollution requirements. Regulation 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2002 Regulations prescribe the reduced pollution requirements for the purposes of the 1994 Act and provide for the issue of reduced pollution certificates where the requirements are found to be satisfied.
The fees for such examinations are prescribed in paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to the 2002 Regulations. Where an examination of a vehicle is carried out under paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the 2002 Regulations (re-examination of a vehicle for which a reduced pollution certificate is in force) no fee is payable.
Regulation 2 increases the fees prescribed in paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 in relation to the examination of eligible vehicles. These fees are set out in the Table below with the percentage increase since the fees were last fixed shown in brackets.
Table
Nature of service
Existing fee (£)
Substituted fee (£)
Where the examination of the vehicle is not carried at the same time as an examination of the vehicle for other specified purposes
27
28 (3.7%)
Where the examination of the vehicle is carried out at the same time as an examination of the vehicle for other specified purposes
16
17 (6.3%)
Where the applicant requests an out of hours examination of the vehicle
10
11 (10%)
The fee for examinations carried out, at the applicant’s request, at a vehicle testing station not provided by the Secretary of State remains unchanged at £6.
A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Department for Transport, Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DT (telephone number: 020 7944 2455). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. The regulatory impact assessment is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website www.opsi.gov.uk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/498/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-registration-and-licensing-amendment-regulations-2007/note
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