Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 1118
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Road Transport (International Passenger Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
Made
14th April 2003
Laid before Parliament
16th April 2003
Coming into force
19th May 2003
The Secretary of State for Transport, being a Minister designated( 1 ) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 2 ) in relation to the international carriage of passengers by road, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973( 3 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Transport (International Passenger Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 19th May 2003.
2. —(1)Regulation 14 of the Road Transport (International Passenger Services) Regulations 1984( 4 ) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (3) the words “shuttle service authorisation, a regular, or” and the comma after “special regular” shall be deleted.
(3) After paragraph (3) the following paragraph shall be inserted—
“ (3A) An applicant for a shuttle service authorisation or a regular service authorisation shall pay, when the application is made, a fee of £144.20 in respect of the application. ” .
(4) After paragraph (5) the following paragraph shall be inserted—
“ (5A) An applicant for an own account certificate shall pay, when the application is made, a fee of £5 in respect of each year of validity of the certificate. ” .
(5) At the end of paragraph (6), after “517/72”, there shall be added—
“ and “own-account certificate” means a certificate issued in respect of an own-account road transport operation under Regulation ( EEC ) No. 684/92 of the Commission of 16th March 1992 on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus ( 5 ) as amended by Regulation ( EC ) No. 11/98 of the Council of 11th December 1997 ( 6 ) ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
John Spellar
Minister of State
Department for Transport
10th April 2003
We consent to the making of these Regulations
Jim Fitzpatrick
Nick Ainger
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
14th April 2003