Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 1458
Public Passenger Transport
The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made
5th June 2008
Laid before Parliament
12th June 2008
Coming into force
13th July 2008
The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulation in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(1), 52(1) and 60 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981( 1 ) and by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988( 2 ).
In accordance with section 61(2) of that Act she has consulted with such representative organisations as she thinks fit.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 13th July 2008.
Preliminary
2.The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981( 3 ) shall be amended as follows.
Amendment to regulation 46 (applications and fees for certificates of initial fitness)
3. In regulation 46(1), for “the PSV Centre at Welcombe House, 91-92 The Strand, Swansea, SA1 2DH” substitute “such office of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency as he may direct”.
Increases in fees
4. In the regulations specified in column (1) of the following Table for each amount specified in column (2) substitute the amount specified in column (3).
Table
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Regulation | Existing Amount (£) | Substituted Amount (£) |
| 46(2)(a) | 256 | 269 |
| 46(2)(b)(i) | 256 | 269 |
| 46(2)(b)(ii) | 31 | 32 |
| 50(a) | 1484 | 1558 |
| 136 | 143 | |
| 50(b) | 733 | 770 |
| 50(c) | 3176 | 3335 |
| 53 | 28 | 29 |
| 57(5) | 20 | 21 |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
5th June 2008
1981 c. 14 ; section 52(1) was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) (“the 1985 Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 7, Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 4(14) and Schedule 8, and by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40) , section 66(2); section 60(1) was amended by the 1985 Act, section 134(2), Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 4(18) and Schedule 8; section 60(1A) was inserted by the 1985 Act, section 134(2); and section 61(2) was amended by the 1985 Act, section 135(1) and Schedule 8.
S.I. 1988/643 , which was made under the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51) , section 102. The relevant entries in S.I. 1988/643 are Schedule 1, Table V, items 1 and 2A.