2000 No. 152
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
Made 27th April 2000
Coming into operation 19th June 2000

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 65(1) and (2), 67(1) and 110(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
S.I.1995/2994 (N.I. 18); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “the Department” and “prescribed”

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 19th June 2000.

2 Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995
For Schedule 1 (fees) to the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 there shall be substituted—

“SCHEDULE 1 Fees
Regulations 10(2), 13(3) and (4) and 17(4)

Part I Fee Payable on Application under regulations 10(2), 13(3) or 17(4)
(1)	(2)
Class of Vehicle	Amount of Fee
3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight or under	£17·00
Over 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight— (i) 2 axle rigid vehicle	£23·00
(ii) 3 axle rigid vehicle	£28·50
(iii) 4 axle rigid vehicle	£35·00
(iv) articulated vehicle having a 2 axle drawing vehicle	£25·00
(v) articulated vehicle having a 3 axle drawing vehicle	£32·50
Trailer	£22·00

Part II Fee Payable on Application under regulation 13(4)
(1)	(2)
Class of Vehicle	Amount of Fee
3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight or under	£10·00
Over 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight	£13·00
Trailer	£13·00”

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Schedule 1 was substituted by S.R. 1998 No. 75, regulation 2(3) and amended by S.R. 1999 No. 79, regulation 2
S.R. 1995 No. 450; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1998 No. 75 and S.R. 1999 No. 79

3 Revocation
The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and regulation 2(3) of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 are hereby revoked.
S.R. 1999 No. 79
S.R. 1998 No. 75
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 27th April 2000.
J. Ritchie A senior officer of the Department of the Enviroment

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations further amend the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 as follows—
(1) For vehicles exceeding 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight—
(a) the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a re-test or an appeal for a 4 axle rigid vehicle is increased from £32·50 to £35;
(b) the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a re-test or an appeal is reduced as follows—
(i) for a 2 axle rigid vehicle, from £25 to £23;
(ii) for a 3 axle rigid vehicle, from £30 to £28·50; and
(iii) for an articulated vehicle having a 2 axle drawing vehicle, from £27·50 to £25; and
(c) the fee payable where an application for a re-test is made within 21 days from the date of service of a notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate is reduced from £16·50 to £13 for all vehicles.
(2) For a trailer, the fee payable where an application for a re-test is made within 21 days from the date of service of a notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate is increased from £11 to £13.
The following fees remain unchanged—
(a) for a vehicle of 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight or under—
(i) the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a re-test or an appeal remains unchanged at £17, and
(ii) the fee payable where an application for a re-test is made within 21 days from the date of service of a notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate remains unchanged at £10;
(b) for an articulated vehicle having a 3 axle drawing vehicle, the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a re-test or an appeal remains unchanged at £32·50; and
(c) for a trailer, the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a re-test or an appeal remains unchanged at £22.