Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2001 No. 244

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made

21st June 2001

Coming into operation

1st August 2001

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 61(1), 66(1) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1), and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2001.

Amendment of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985

2.  In the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(3) for Schedule 7 there shall be substituted—

(Regulations 4A(1), 5(3),9(2), (3), (5) and (6),and 12(1))

“SCHEDULE 7 Fees for Vehicle Licences

1.  Fee payable with initial application for a vehicle licence (see regulation 5(3))

(a) Buses—
Class I	£46·50
Class II	£46·50
Class III	£46·50
Class IA	£54·00
Class IIA	£63·50
Class IIIA	£73·00
(b) Taxi	£33·50

2.  Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence (see regulation 9(2))

(b) Buses—
Class I	£46·50
Class II	£46·50
Class III	£46·50
Class IA	£54·00
Class IIA	£63·50
Class IIIA	£73·00
(b) Taxi	£33·50

3.  Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence made within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal (see regulation 9(3))

(a) Buses—
All Classes	£13·50
(b) Taxi	£12·00

4.  Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence made under regulation 9(4) within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal (see regulation 9(5))

Buses—
Class IA	£13·50
Class IIA	£23·00
Class IIIA	£32·50

5.  Fee payable for a duplicate vehicle licence (see regulation 12(1))

(a) Buses—
All Classes	£10·00
(b) Taxi	£10.00”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 21st June 2001.

L.S.

Sam Foster

Minister of the Environment

The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves these regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 21st June 2001.

L.S.

Mark Durkan

Minister of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 by increasing the fee payable—

(1) For an initial or re-application for a vehicle licence for—

(a) Buses—

• Class I, II and III from £45·00 to £46·50;

• Class IA, from £52·50 to £54·00;

• Class IIA, from £62·00 to £63·50; and

• Class IIIA, from £71·50 to £73·00;

(b) Taxi, from £32·00 to £33·50.

(2) For a re-application for a vehicle licence made within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal for—

(a) Buses, all Classes, from £12·50 to £13·50; and

(b) Taxi, from £11·00 to £12·00.

(3) For a re-application under regulation 9(4) within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal for—

• Buses—

  • Class IA, from £12·50 to £13·50;

  • Class IIA, from £22·00 to £23·00; and

  • Class IIIA from £31·50 to £32·50.

(4) For a duplicate vehicle licence for—

(a) Buses, all Classes, from £9·00 to £10·00; and

(b) Taxi, from £9·00 to £10·00.

(1)

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department” and “prescribed”

(2)

Formerly the Department of Finance. See S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6), Article 3

(3)

S.R. 1985 No. 123; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1995 No. 446, S.R. 1996 No. 143, S.R. 1998 No. 76 and S.R. 2000 No. 149