Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 307
Road Traffic
The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (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 45(7) and 46(1)(f) and (7) of the Road Traffic Act 1988( 1 ).
Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act.
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 21 to 27 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 Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and they come into force on 1st April 2012.
Amendment of Regulations
2.The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981( 3 ) are amended as follows.
Fees for examinations
3. —(1) Regulation 20 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (e) and (ea) substitute—
“ (e) save as provided in paragraph (4), in the case of a vehicle in Class VI or VIA constructed or adapted to carry more than 22 passengers—
(i) if the vehicle is tested at premises designated under section 8(3) of the 1981 Act ( 4 ) where the testing station concerned has been appointed for an examination at the applicant’s request, £132,
(ii) in any other case, £139;
(ea) save as provided in paragraph (4), in the case of a vehicle in Class VI or VIA constructed or adapted to carry 22 passengers or less—
(i) if the vehicle is tested at premises designated under section 8(3) of the 1981 Act where the testing station concerned has been appointed for an examination at the applicant’s request, £106,
(ii) in any other case, £111; ” .
(3) In paragraph (4) in the Table, for each amount specified both in that Table and in column (1) in the following Table in relation to each type of fee, substitute the amount specified in column (2) of the following Table in relation to that amount.
Table
| Normal Fee(£) | Out of Hours Fee(£) | Designated Premises Fee(£) | Out of Hours at Designated Premises Fee (£) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) Existing Amount | (2) Substituted Amount | (1) Existing Amount | (2) Substituted Amount | (1) Existing Amount | (2) Substituted Amount | (1) Existing Amount | (2) Substituted Amount |
| 60 | 63 | 85 | 88 | 60 | 59 | 85 | 84 |
| 135 | 139 | 187 | 191 | 135 | 132 | 187 | 184 |
| 42 | 44 | 61 | 63 | 42 | 41 | 61 | 60 |
| 108 | 111 | 146 | 149 | 108 | 106 | 146 | 144 |
Signed by authority of the Signatory of State
Mike Penning
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
7th February 2012
1988 c. 52 ; section 45 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) , Schedule 4, paragraph 52 and by the Road Traffic (Vehicle Testing) Act 1999 (c. 12) , section 1; section 46 was substituted by the Road Traffic (Vehicle Testing) Act 1999, section 2.
S.I. 2009/711 , as amended by S.I. 2009/1885 . The relevant provisions in S.I. 2009/711 are articles 5(2) and (3) and 9.
S.I. 1981/1694 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1982/783 ; 1983/1147 ; 1984/401 and 1126 ; 1985/834 ; 1986/372 and 904 ; 1988/339 and 989 ; 1989/920 and 1694 ; 1990/628 and 1186 ; 1991/253 , 455 , 1525 and 2229 ; 1992/566 , 1609 and 3160 ; 1993/3011 ; 1994/2136 ; 1995/2438 ; 1996/1751 ; 1997/81 ; 1998/1672 ; 1999/2199 ; 2000/1432 and 2322 ; 2001/1648 and 3330 ; 2002/488 and 1698 ; 2003/1113 , 1698 and 1815 ; 2004/1632 and 1879 ; 2005/1832 and 2341 ; 2006/1998 and 2680 ; 2007/506 and 1161 ; 2008/1402 and 1461 ; 2009/643 and 802 ; 2010/449 .