The Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/787
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 20th April 2009.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the 1981 Act” means the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;

“the 1995 Regulations ” means the Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) Regulations 1995 ;

“the principal Regulations ” means the Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Fees) Regulations 1995 .

Section 2 Amendments

(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), the following definitions shall be inserted after the definition of the Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) Regulations 1995—

”five yearly anniversary” means, where no notice of election in force, in relation to a licence, the date of expiry of a period of 5 years, beginning with the date of either the granting of the licence or the most recent 5th anniversary of that date, whichever is the later;

“notice of election” has the same meaning as in the 1995 Regulations and a reference to such a notice being in force shall be construed in accordance with those Regulations;

“one yearly anniversary” means, where a notice of election is in force, in relation to a licence, the date of expiry of a period of 1 year, beginning with the date of either the granting of the licence or the previous anniversary of that date, whichever is the later

(3) In regulation 3, the following shall be substituted for paragraph 4—

(4) The period for which a fee is payable in relation to fee number (viA) is the period beginning on the date on which the disc comes into force and ending—

(a) where a notice of election is in force, on the date of the next one yearly anniversary provided such date falls before 1 April 2010; or

(b) where no notice of election is in force, on the date of the next five yearly anniversary provided such date falls before 1 April 2010; or

(c) in any other case, ending on 31 March 2010.

(4) In regulation 4, paragraph 4 shall be omitted.

(5) The following substitutions shall be made in the Schedule—

(a) in relation to fee number (i), “£235” for “£224”;

(b) in relation to fee number (ii), “£155” for “£148”;

(c) the entries relating to fee numbers (iii) and (iv) set out in the Schedule to these Regulations for the entries relating to those fee numbers;

(d) in relation to fee number (v), “£119” for “£113”;

(e) the entries relating to fee numbers (vi) and (viA) set out in the Schedule to these Regulations for the entry relating to fee number (vi);

(f) in relation to fee numbers (vii) and (viii), respectively, “£61” for “£58”

(g) in relation to fee number (ix), “£8” for “£15”.

(6) Column 5 of the Schedule (relating to annual payments) shall be omitted.

Section 3 Transitional provisions

(1) Where a decision has been made before the coming into force of these Regulations on an application for the grant of a standard or restricted licence under section 14(1) of the 1981 Act , the fee prescribed in the principal Regulations immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations applies.

(2) Where, immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, the fee for the grant of a standard or restricted licence, or for its continuation, was payable in instalments, pursuant to regulation 3(4) of the principal Regulations as they had effect at that time, a final instalment calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) will be payable on the next one yearly anniversary.

(3) The fee payable under paragraph (2) shall be of an amount equal to £1 per month or part thereof for the period beginning on the first day of the month in which the one yearly anniversary falls and ending on 31 March 2010.

(4) Where fee number (vi) was payable by the licence holder in instalments by virtue of regulation 3(4) of the principal Regulations as they had effect immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, a final instalment calculated in accordance with paragraph (5) will be payable on the next one yearly anniversary of the licence in respect of which the relevant disc is granted.

(5) The fee payable under paragraph (4) shall be of an amount equal to £3 per month or part thereof beginning on the date on which the disc comes into force and ending on 31 March 2010.

Section 4 Abolition of fees for the grant or continuation of operator licences and the issue of discs

On 1 April 2010, the Schedule to the principal Regulations shall be further amended by the omission of fee numbers (iii), (iv), (vi) and (viA).