# The Vehicle Excise (Design Weight Certificate) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

S.I. 2009/881 · made 2 April 2009

These Regulations amend the Vehicle Excise (Design Weight Certificate) Regulations 1995 (“the 1995 Regulations”). Those Regulations make provision for the issue of design weight certificates and related matters for the purposes of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 and prescribe the fees payable in connection with applications and appeals.

Made under: Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (Section 57, Section 61A)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-excise-design-weight-certificate-amendment-regulations-2009/pdf/uksi_20090881_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-excise-design-weight-certificate-amendment-regulations-2009/pdf/uksiem_20090881_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Road Traffic
Made 2nd April 2009
Laid before Parliament 8th April 2009
Coming into force 3rd May 2009
The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 57 and 61A of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 and by virtue of the Department for Transport (Fees) Order 2009.

## 1 Citation and Commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Vehicle Excise (Design Weight Certificate) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 3rd May 2009.

## 2 Increases in fees

(1) The Vehicle Excise (Design Weight Certificate) Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In the paragraph of the Schedule specified in column (1) of the Table, for each amount specified in column (2) substitute the amount specified in column (3).
Table
Paragraph
Existing amount (£)
Substituted amount (£)
1(2)(c)
13.50
15
1(4)
8.40
9
4(4)
25
27

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
2nd April 2009

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Vehicle Excise (Design Weight Certificate) Regulations 1995 (“the 1995 Regulations”). Those Regulations make provision for the issue of design weight certificates and related matters for the purposes of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 and prescribe the fees payable in connection with applications and appeals.
Regulation 2 increases the fees prescribed by the 1995 Regulations for the application for a design weight certificate and an appeal against determination. The increased fees are set out in the Table (with the percentage increase since the fees were last fixed shown in brackets).
Table
Nature of Service
Existing fee (£)
Substituted fee (£)
An application for a design weight certificate.
13.50
15 (11.1%)
Supplement for design weight examination where the date appointed for the examination is, at the applicant’s request, on a Saturday.
8.40
9 (7.1%)
Appeal against determination.
25
27 (8.0%)
An impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the VOSA Corporate Office, Berkeley House, Croydon Street, Bristol BS5 0DA (telephone: 0117 954 3200). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. The 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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