Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2003.

Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

2.  In the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(2) for Schedule 1 there shall be substituted –

Regulations 10(2), 13(3) and (4) and 17(4)

“SCHEDULE 1FEES

PART Ifee payable on application under regulations 10(2), 13(3) or 17(4)

PART IIfee payable on application under regulation 13(4)

Revocation

3.  The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002(3) are hereby revoked.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (“the principal Regulations”) by increasing the fees as follows –

(1) For a vehicle 3,500 kilograms maximum gross weight or under—

(a)the fee payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a re-test or an appeal is increased from £25·00 to £28·00; and

(b)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 £16·00 to £17·50.

(2) 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 is increased as follows –

(i)for a 2 axle rigid vehicle, from £32·00 to £35·00;

(ii)for a 3 axle rigid vehicle, from £42·00 to £45·00;

(iii)for a 4 axle rigid vehicle, from £53·00 to £56·00;

(iv)for an articulated vehicle having a 2 axle drawing vehicle, from £36·00 to £39·00; and

(v)for an articulated vehicle having a 3 axle drawing vehicle, from £48·00 to £51·00.

These Regulations further amend the principal Regulations by dividing the vehicle category trailer into 3 categories (previously 1 category) –

(a)for trailers the previous single fee of £33·50 payable on application for a first test, a periodical test, a re-test or an appeal is now:

(i)for a 1 axle trailer £32·50;

(ii)for a 2 axle trailer £33·50;

(iii)for a 3 axle trailer £34·50.

(b)for all trailer categories 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 £18·50.

The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 are revoked as a consequence of these Regulations.