Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1433
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (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 49, 51(1) and 53(5) 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 Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 26th June 2000.
Preliminary
2.The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988( 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 after the expression “ engineering plant,” the expression “exhaust system,”.
Amendment to regulation 8 (conditions of acceptance of vehicle)
4. —(1) Regulation 8 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (2)—
(a) the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (o) shall be omitted; and
(b) after sub-paragraph (p) there shall be added the following—
“ ; or
(q) the vehicle is a vehicle propelled by a compression ignition engine to which regulation 61(10BA) of the Construction and Use Regulations ( 4 ) applies and the exhaust system has been so altered that the examiner 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 ” .
Amendment to Part VI (miscellaneous matters)
5. After regulation 42 there shall be added the following regulation—
“ Provisions as to signatures
42A. Any plating certificate, goods vehicle test certificate, notice of the refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate or certificate of temporary exemption which has been issued under the provisions of these Regulations and which bears a facsimile, by whatever process reproduced, of the signature of, as the case may be, the relevant goods vehicle examiner, authorised or appointed person or appeal officer, shall be deemed to have been duly signed. ”
Amendments relating to fees
6. —(1) In regulation 12, in paragraph (3), for the Table there shall be substituted the following Table—
“ TABLE
| Description of vehicle | Fee (£) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle with 2 axles | 37 |
| Motor vehicle with 3 axles | 38.50 |
| Motor vehicle with 4 or more axles | 40.50 |
| Trailer with 1 axle | 19 |
| Trailer with 2 axles | 20 |
| Trailer with 3 or more axles | 21 ” |
(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 (£) |
| 12(4) | 19.50 | 21 |
| 12.30 | 13 | |
| 12(4A) | 6.25 | 7 |
| 3.20 | 3.50 | |
| 16(1) | 17.60 | 19 |
| 8.80 | 10 | |
| 16(3) | 17.60 | 19 |
| 8.80 | 10 | |
| 16(4) | 9.80 | 10 |
| 6.10 | 6.50 | |
| 16(4A) | 3.50 | 4 |
| 1.60 | 2 | |
| 16(5) | 19.50 | 21 |
| 12.30 | 13 | |
| 16(5A) | 6.25 | 7 |
| 3.20 | 3.50 | |
| 34(1) | 13.50 | 14 |
| 34(2A) | 3.50 | 4 |
| 1.60 | 2 | |
| 37B(2) | 13.50 | 14 |
| 41(1) | 9.50 | 10 |
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 49 and 51 were amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 41) , Schedule 4, paragraph 54 and Schedule 8.
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 3.
S.I. 1988/1478 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/1693 , 1990/448 , 1992/2447 , 1993/2048 and 3013 , 1997/82 and 263 and 1998/1671 .
S.I. 1986/1078 ; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1995/2210 .