Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 304
Road Traffic
The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made
7th February 2012
Laid before Parliament
13th February 2012
Coming into force
1st April 2012
The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 57(1) to (3) and 61B(1)(d) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994( 1 ).
In determining the amount of the fees specified in these Regulations, the Secretary of State has taken into account the costs of the functions listed in paragraphs 42 and 43 of Schedule 1 to the Department for Transport (Fees) Order 2009( 2 ) and has taken into account the matters listed in Schedule 2 to that Order in determining the costs of those functions.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and they come into force on 1st April 2012.
Amendment of Regulations
2.The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002( 3 ) are amended as follows.
Amendments to Schedule 2 (Reduced pollution certificates and the reduced pollution requirements)
3. In paragraph 13 (prescribed fees) of Schedule 2—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “£32” substitute “£34”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for “£19” substitute “£20”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (2), insert—
“ (3) If, at the request of the applicant, an examination is carried out otherwise than at premises provided by the Secretary of State under section 52 of the 1988 Act ( 4 ) the fee payable under sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall be reduced by £2, and the fee payable under sub-paragraph (1)(b) shall be reduced by £1. ” ;
(d) for sub-paragraph (4), substitute—
“ (4) in sub-paragraph (2) “out of hours” means—
(a) at any time on Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday (as defined by the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 ( 5 ) ), or any other day on which tests are not normally conducted at vehicle testing stations; or
(b) on any other day except between 6.00 am and 8.00 pm. ” ; and
(e) after sub-paragraph (4), add—
“ (5) Sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) do not apply in Northern Ireland. ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Mike Penning
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
7th February 2012
1994 c.22 ; section 57(1) was amended by the Finance Act 1996 (c.8) , sections 23 and 205 and Schedule 2, paragraph 16 and Schedule 41, Part II(6); section 61B was inserted by the Finance Act 1998 (c.36) , section 16 and Schedule 1, paragraph 2 and amended by the Finance Act 2006 (c.25) , section 14 and by the Finance Act 2008 (c.9) , section 148.
S.I. 2009/711 . The relevant provisions in S.I. 2009/711 are articles 6(3) and 9, paragraphs 42 and 43 of Schedule 1, and Schedule 2.
S.I. 2002/2742 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/2335 , 2004/1872 and 2099 , 2005/2344 , 2007/498 , 2008/1444 , 2009/880 and 2009/3103 .