Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1432
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Made
25th May 2000
Laid before Parliament
31st May 2000
Coming into force
26th June 2000
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45 and 46 of the Road Traffic Act 1988( 1 ) and by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988( 2 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 26th June 2000.
Preliminary
2.The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981( 3 ) shall be further amended as follows.
Amendments to regulation 3 (interpretation)
3. In regulation 3(1) in the sub-paragraph which begins with the expression “ agricultural motor vehicle,” there shall be inserted before the expression “ minibus,” the expression “exhaust system,”.
Amendments to regulation 13 (requirements as to vehicles submitted for examinations)
4. —(1) Regulation 13 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (h) shall be omitted; and
(b) after sub-paragraph (j) there shall be added the following—
“ ; or
(k) in the case of a vehicle propelled by a compression ignition engine, to which regulation 61(10BA) of the Construction and Use Regulations ( 4 ) applies, the exhaust system has been so altered that the examiner or inspector is not able, with the facilities and apparatus available to him at the place at which the examination would otherwise be carried out, to determine whether Part II of Schedule 7B to those Regulations applies to the vehicle ” .
Amendments to regulation 20 (fees for examinations)
5. —(1) Regulation 20 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In the regulations specified in column 1 of the following Table for the amounts specified in column 2 there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column 3.
TABLE
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Regulation | Existing Amount (£) | Substituted Amount (£) |
| 20(1)(e)(i) | 45.90 | 49 |
| 20(1)(e)(ii) | 32.70 | 35 |
| 20(1)(ea)(i) | 76.90 | 82 |
| 20(1)(ea)(ii) | 42.00 | 45 |
| 20(2A) | 27.50 | 29 |
| 20.00 | 21 | |
| 20(2B) | 6.25 | 7 |
(3) In the Table in paragraph (4), for the amounts specified in column 1 of the Table below there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column 2.
TABLE
| (1) | (2) | (1) (Cont) | (2) (Cont) | (1) (Cont) | (2) (Cont) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Existing Amount (£) | Substituted Amount (£) | Existing Amount (£) | Substituted Amount (£) | Existing Amount (£) | Substituted Amount (£) |
| 23.00 | 24 | 52.10 | 56 | 32.70 | 35 |
| 36.70 | 39 | 79.60 | 85 | 52.70 | 56 |
| 26.50 | 28 | 16.40 | 17 | 38.90 | 42 |
| 40.20 | 43 | 26.40 | 28 | 58.90 | 63 |
| 45.90 | 49 | 19.90 | 21 | ||
| 73.40 | 78 | 29.90 | 32 |
(4) In the Table in paragraph (4A), for the amounts specified in column 1 of the Table below there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column 2.
TABLE
| (1) | (2) | (1) (Cont) | (2) (Cont) | (1) (Cont) | (2) (Cont) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Existing Amount (£) | Substituted Amount (£) | Existing Amount (£) | Substituted Amount (£) | Existing Amount (£) | Substituted Amount (£) |
| 36.10 | 38 | 83.10 | 89 | 42.00 | 45 |
| 49.80 | 53 | 110.60 | 118 | 62.00 | 66 |
| 39.60 | 42 | 19.40 | 21 | 48.20 | 52 |
| 53.30 | 57 | 29.40 | 32 | 68.20 | 73 |
| 76.90 | 82 | 22.90 | 25 | ||
| 104.40 | 111 | 32.90 | 36 |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
25th May 2000
1988 c. 52 ; sections 45 and 46 were amended by paragraphs 52 and 53 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) . Section 45 was also amended by paragraph 159 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) .
S.I. 1988/643 , which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51) . The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1995/1684 and the relevant entry in Table III of Schedule 1 is item 1.
S.I. 1981/1694 ; relevant amending instruments are 1984/1126 , 1989/1694 , 1991/1525 and 2229 , 1992/1609 and 3160 , 1995/2438 , 1997/81 , 1998/1672 and 1999/2199 .
S.I. 1986/1078 ; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1995/2210 .