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The Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

W.S.I. 2007/1713 · Made 13 June 2007

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HIGHWAYS, WALES

Made 13 June 2007

Laid before the National Assembly For Wales 14 June 2007

Coming into force 10 July 2007

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 75 and 104(1) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991f1, and now vested in themf2, make the following regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1991 c. 22.

f2

The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 75 and 104(1) were transferred, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1. Section 75 is prospectively substituted by section 58(2) of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales under the said sections 75 and 104(1) were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and application
  2. 2Preliminary
  3. 3Amendment to regulation 3 (inspection fees)
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Title, commencement and application

The title of these Regulations is the Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007. They come into force on 10 July 2007 and apply in relation to Wales.

2Preliminary

The Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2006f1 are amended as follows.

3Amendment to regulation 3 (inspection fees)

In regulation 3, in paragraphs (1) and (8), for “£21.00” substitute “£24.00”.

Signature

Brian Gibbons

Minister for the Economy and Transport

13 June 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2006 so as to increase the fee payable by undertakers for inspections of their work by street authorities in Wales under regulation 3 of those Regulations.

The fee for such inspections, which was last altered in April 2004, is increased by 14.3% from £21 to £24.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of these regulations. This is available for inspection at the offices of Transport Wales, Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.