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The Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

W.S.I. 2009/258 · Made 10 February 2009

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HIGHWAYS, WALES

Made 10 February 2009

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 11 February 2009

Coming into force 1 April 2009

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. 2Amendment to the Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2006
  3. 3Amendment to the Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2006
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Title, commencement and application

The title of these Regulations is the Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009. They come into force on 1 April 2009 and apply in relation to Wales.

2Amendment to the Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2006

The Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2006, as amendedf1 are further amended in accordance with regulation 3.

3Amendment to the Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2006

In regulation 3, in paragraphs (1) and (8), for “£25.00” substitute “£50.00”.

Signature

Ieuan Wyn Jones

Minister for the Economy and Transport, one of the Welsh Ministers.

10 February 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (“the 2008 Regulations”). The 2008 Regulations further amended the Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (“the 2006 Regulations”) so as to increase the fee payable by undertakers for inspections of their work by street authorities in Wales, under regulation 3 of the 2006 Regulations.

The fee originally prescribed in the 2006 Regulations was £21. The fee was altered to £24 in July 2007 by the Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007 No.1713 (W.150)), and was increased to £25 by the 2008 Regulations. The fee is now further increased to £50.