Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 2535
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT
The Public Service Vehicles (Operators' Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002
Made
6th October 2002
Laid before Parliament
10th October 2002
Coming into force
1st November 2002
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 52(1) and 60(1)(e) and (1A) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981( 1 ), and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 61(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Operators' Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st November 2002.
Amendment to fees
2. —(1)The Public Passenger Vehicles (Operators' Licences) (Fees) Regulations 1995( 2 ) (“the principal Regulations”) are amended as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) below.
(2) For regulation 3(4)(b) there is substituted—
“ (b) in relation to fee number (vi) in column 1 a fee shall be paid by that licence holder, either annually or in respect of a period of less than a year, in accordance with the prescribed stipulations in column 5 ” .
(3) For the Schedule there is substituted the Schedule to these Regulations.
Transitional provisions
3. —(1) Where a decision has been made before 1st November 2002 on an application for the grant of a standard or restricted licence under section 14(1) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981( 3 ), the fee prescribed by the principal Regulations applies notwithstanding that the period of 21 days within which it is payable has not expired before that date.
(2) Notwithstanding that the fee for the continuation in force of an existing standard or restricted licence may, under the provisions of the principal Regulations, be paid before the expiry of the relevant period of 5 years specified therein, where that period expires on or after 1st November 2002, the fee payable shall be the fee prescribed in these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
John Spellar
Minister of State,
Department for Transport
6th October 2002
Regulation 2(3)
SCHEDULE
| 1. Fee number | 2. Subject matter of charge | 3. Fee | 4. Time for payment | 5. Annual payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (i) | Application for a standard licence (national or international) under section 14(1) of the 1981 Act.( 4 ) | £158 | With the application for the grant of the licence. | |
| (ii) | Application for a restricted licence under section 14(1) of the 1981 Act. | £105 | With the application for the grant of the licence. | |
| (iii) | Grant of a standard or restricted licence under section 14(1) of the 1981 Act. | £105 | Before the expiry of the period of 21 days beginning with the date the decision was made on the application for the grant of a licence. | A first payment of £21 shall be made before the expiry of the period of 21 days beginning with the date the decision was made on the application for the grant of a licence and four subsequent annual payments of £21 shall be made on the anniversary of that date. |
| (iv) | Continuation in force of an existing standard or restricted licence. | £105 | Before the expiry of a period of 5 years beginning with the date of either the granting of the licence or the most recent 5 year anniversary of that date, whichever is the later. | A first payment of £21 shall be made before the expiry of a period of 5 years beginning with the date of either the grant of the licence or the most recent 5 year anniversary of that date, whichever is the later, and four subsequent annual payments of £21 shall be made on the annivesary of that date. |
| (v) | Application to vary a condition on a licence under section 16(6) of the 1981 Act so as to increase the maximum number of vehicles which may be used at any one time.( 5 ) | £79 | With the application for variation. | |
| (vi) | Issue of a disc under section 18 of the 1981 Act. | A sum equal to £4.50 multiplied by the number of whole months and part months during which the disc is expressed to be in force. | Before the disc is issued. | A sum equal to £5.25 multiplied by the number of whole months and part months during which the disc is expressed to be in force, to be paid before the disc is issued. |
| (vii) | Application by the holder of a taxi licence for a restricted operator’s licence under section 12 of the 1985 Act( 6 ) (a “special licence”). | £42 | With the application for the grant of the licence. | |
| (viii) | Continuation in force of an existing special licence. | £42 | Before the expiry of a period of 5 years beginning with the date of either the grant of the licence or the most recent 5 year anniversary of that date, whichever is the later. | |
| (ix) | Issue of a new disc in place of one lost or destroyed. | £11 per disc. | With the application. |
1981 c. 14 . Section 52(1) was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67 , in these footnotes called “the 1985 Act”), Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 4(14). In section 60, subsection 1(e) was substituted by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40 , in these footnotes called “the 1994 Act”), section 66(5), and subsection (1A) was inserted by the 1985 Act, section 134(2).
S.I. 1995/2909 .
Section 14 was amended by the 1994 Act, section 60 and Schedule 14, paragraphs 2 and 3 and by the 1985 Act, Schedule 2, Part II, paragraphs 4(5) and 5.
i.e. the Public Passenger Vehicles Act.
Section 16 of the 1981 Act was amended by the 1994 Act, Schedule 14, paragraph 4 and by the 1985 Act, Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 4(7). Section 18 was amended by the 1994 Act, section 63 and Schedule 14, paragraph 6.
i.e the Transport Act 1985. Section 12 was amended by the 1994 Act, Schedule 14, paragraph 8 and the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22) , Schedule 6.