2009 No. 73
Road Traffic And Vehicles
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made 27th February 2009
Coming into operation 1st April 2009

The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 5(3), (4) and (5), 19C(1) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department”; Article 5 was substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Schedule 1 and amended by S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 2; Article 19C was substituted by S.I. 1991/197(N.I. 3), Schedule 1 and amended by S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10), Schedule 3, paragraph 8; S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 11 and S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10) Schedule 1, Part 1

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 1 April 2009.

2 Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
For Schedules 4 and 4A of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 substitute—

“SCHEDULE 4 Fees for Tests
Regulation 22

PART 1 FEES FOR PRACTICAL TESTS
Column (1) Category or sub-category of vehicle	Column (2) Test, other than an extended driving test, commencing—		Column (3) Extended driving test commencing—	
	(a) During normal hours	(b) Out of hours	(a) During normal hours	(b) Out of hours
1. A1, B1 (other than B1 invalid carriages) and P	£58.00	£71.00	—	—
2. A	£58.00	£71.00	£116.00	—
3. B	£45.50	£62.50	£91.00	—
4. F, G, H and K	£45.50	—	—	—
5. B+E, C, C1, D, D1, C+E, C1+E, D+E and D1+E	£66.00	£99.00	—	—
6. B1 (invalid carriages)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

PART 2 FEES FOR SPECIAL MANOEUVRES TESTS
Column (1) Category or sub-category of vehicle	Column (2) Special manoeuvres test, commencing—	
	(a) During normal hours	(b) Out of hours
1. A, A1 and P	£31.00	£43.00

SCHEDULE 4A FEES FOR THEORY TESTS
Regulation 24
Column (1) Category or sub-category of vehicle	Column (2) Fee
1. A, A1 and P	£30.00
2. B and B1 (other than invalid carriages)	£30.00
3. C, C1, D and D1 large vehicle test of driving theory	£35.00
4. C, C1, D and D1 large vehicle test of hazard perception	£15.00”

S.R. 1996 No. 542; Schedule 4 was amended by S.R. 1997 No. 383, S.R. 1999 No. 358, S.R. 2005 No. 403 and S.R. 2008 No. 418 and Schedule 4A was inserted by S.R. No.2007 No. 111 and amended by S.R. 2009 No. 14

3 Revocation
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 are revoked.
S.R. 2005 No. 403
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 27th February 2009.
Stanley Duncan A senior officer of the Department of the Environment

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 by substituting Schedules 4 and 4A. In the new Schedules 4 and 4A the following fees have been increased —
(a) the fees for categories A, A1, B1 (other than invalid carriages) and P are increased from £53.50 to £58.00 for a test during normal working hours and from £66.00 to £71.00 for a test taken on a weekday evening or on a Saturday;
(b) the weekday fee for category B is increased from £42.00 to £45.50 and the out of hours fee is increased from £58.00 to £62.50. The weekday fee for categories F, G, H and K is increased from £42.00 to £45.50;
(c) the weekday fee for categories C and D and associated sub-categories is increased from £61.00 to £66.00 and the out of hours fee is increased from £92.00 to £99.00;
(d) the fee for extended driving tests for category A is increased from £107.00 to £116.00;
(e) the fee for extended driving tests for category B is increased from £84.00 to £91.00;
(f) the fee for the theory test for categories A, A1, B, B1 (other than individual carriages) and P is increased from £28.50 to £30.00.
The fees for special manoeuvres tests and fees for theory tests for categories C, C1, D and D1 remain unchanged.
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 403) are revoked as a consequence of these Regulations.