The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/799
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 20th April 2009.

Section 2 Preliminary

The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 shall be amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendments to regulation 12 (manner of making application for first examinations or periodical tests, and fees)

(1) In regulation 12—

(a) in paragraph (3), for the Table substitute—

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Fee where first examination or periodical test is carried out at a vehicle testing station provided by the Secretary of State

(£)

(£)

(b) in paragraph (4), for “Subject to paragraph (4A), where”, substitute “Where”;

(c) omit paragraph (4A); and

(d) in paragraph (5), for “paragraph (4) or (4A)”, substitute “the first examination or periodical test being, at the applicant’s request, out of hours or taking place at a vehicle testing station which is not one provided by the Secretary of State,”.

Section 4 Amendments to regulation 16 (fees for re-tests)

(1) In regulation 16—

(a) in paragraph (1), omit “,(4A)” and for the Table substitute—

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Fee where re-test is carried out at a vehicle testing station provided by the Secretary of State

(£) Fee where the vehicle testing station appointed for the re-test is, at the applicant’s request, not one provided by the Secretary of State under section 52(2) of the 1988 Act

(£)

(b) for paragraph (2), substitute—

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (5), in circumstances other than those described in paragraph (1), the fee for a re-test under regulation 15 shall be the fee determined in accordance with the Table in regulation 12 by reference to the description of vehicle, as if the re-test was a first examination or periodical test.

(c) in paragraph (3), omit “,(4A)”;

(d) in paragraph (4), for “Subject to paragraph (4A), where”, substitute “Where”;

(e) omit paragraph (4A);

(f) in paragraph (5), for “Subject to paragraph (5A), where”, substitute “Where”;

(g) omit paragraph (5A); and

(h) in paragraph (6), for “paragraphs (1), (3), (4) and (4A)”, substitute “paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)”.

Section 5 Amendments to regulation 34 (fee for re-examination)

In regulation 34, for paragraph (2A), substitute—

(2A) Where the vehicle testing station appointed for re-examination under regulation 33 is, at the applicant’s request, not one provided by the Secretary of State under section 52(2) of the 1988 Act, the fee in respect of the re-examination shall be £30 in the case of a motor vehicle and £28 in the case of a trailer.

Section 6 Further amendments relating to fees

In the regulations specified in column (1) of the Table, for each amount specified in column 2 substitute the amount specified in column (3).

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