The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/315
• Sections: 7

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st April 1987.

Section 2

The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) Regulations 1984 are hereby further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Section 3

In regulation 4 (Fees—basic scale for examinations of vehicles or parts of vehicles), in paragraph (2) for the words “column 2” there shall be substituted the words “column 1”.

Section 4

In regulation 8 (Fees—final examination of complete vehicle), in paragraph (2)(c) for sub-paragraph (ii) there shall be substituted–

(ii) in column (3)(b) of Schedule 3 if the vehicle is in category N2, and

(iii) in column (3)(c) of Schedule 3 if the vehicle is in category N3.

Section 5

In regulation 13 (Fees on withdrawals and cancellations), for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted–

(1) Subject to the provisions of regulation 14, if an applicant:–

(a) after he has been notified of the time and place for the examination withdraws his application, or

(b) does not submit the vehicle or vehicle part for the examination at the time and place fixed therefor,

he shall be liable to pay a cancellation fee to cover the abortive work involved in dealing with the application and making arrangements for the examination:–

(i) in the case of an examination of a vehicle or vehicle part to which a fee specified in regulation 5 or Schedule 1 applies–

(A) of £66, if the Secretary of State is notified of the withdrawal or of the intention not to submit the vehicle or vehicle part for the examination not less than 7 days before the date fixed for the examination, or

(B) in any other case—

(aa) where the fee is specified in column (a) of Schedule 1, of a quarter of that fee plus any wasted expenses reasonably incurred by the Secretary of State in the provision of any facility for the particular examination, or

(bb) where the fee is specified in regulation 5 or column (b) of Schedule 1, of half that fee or £150 if that is less;

(ii) in the case of a further or partial examination of a vehicle or vehicle part in the circumstances described in regulation 7, of such proportion of the fee as the Secretary of State considers to be appropriate;

(iii) in the case of an examination of a vehicle to which a fee specified in Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 applies–

(A) of £66, if the Secretary of State is notified of the withdrawal or of the intention not to submit the vehicle for examination not less than 14 days before the date fixed for the examination, or

(B) of £200 in any other case.

Section 6

In the regulations listed in column 1 of the table below there shall be substituted for the present fees listed in column 2 in relation to those regulations the new fees listed in column 3 of the table.

1

2

3

Regulation

Present Fee

New Fee

Section 7

For Schedules 1 to 5 there shall be substituted the schedules contained in the Schedule to these Regulations.