Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1996 No. 305

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Made

17th July 1996

Coming into operation

2nd September 1996

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 13(1) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and in accordance with Article 19C(3) of that Order with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 2nd September 1996.

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

2.  For Schedule 3 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991(2) there shall be substituted—

Regulations 9 and 11(3)

“SCHEDULE 3 Fees for Licences

Column (1)	Column (2)
	£
1.   A provisional licence for a large goods vehicle	24·00
2.   A full licence for a large goods vehicle of any category	24·00
3.   A provisional licence for a passenger-carrying vehicle	24·00
4.   A full licence for a passenger-carrying vehicle of any category (including a restricted pcv licence)	24·00
5.   A full licence for a large goods vehicle or a passenger carrying vehicle where the applicant has been granted a provisional licence for that category	Nil
6.   A duplicate licence	12·00
7.   Issue of a licence following the expiration of a period of disqualification for holding or obtaining a large goods vehicle or passenger-carrying vehicle licence (unless no fee is payable)	12·00
8.   A licence granted under Article 15(8) of the Order (unless no fee is payable)	12·00
9.   Removal of endorsements	12·00
10.   Issue of a large goods vehicle or a passenger-carrying vehicle full licence on addition of ‘E' entitlement	12·00”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 17th July 1996.

L.S.

Trevor Pearson

Assistant Secretary

The Department of Finance and Personnel approves these regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 17th July 1996.

L.S.

V. N. Hewitt

Assistant Secretary

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991 by amending the fees payable for driving licences for large goods and passenger-carrying vehicles as follows—

(a) a provisional licence for a large goods vehicle, from £15·00 to £24·00;

(b) a full licence for a large goods vehicle, from £10·00 to £24·00;

(c) a provisional licence for a passenger-carrying vehicle, from £22·50 to £24·00;

(d) a full licence for a passenger-carrying vehicle (including a restricted pcv licence), from £22·50 to £24·00;

(e) a duplicate licence, from £6·00 to £12·00;

(f) the issue of a licence following the expiration of a period of disqualification for holding or obtaining a licence (unless no fee is payable), from £6·00 to £12·00;

(g) a replacement licence (unless no fee is payable), from £6·00 to £12·00;

(h) removal of endorsements from a licence, from £5·00 to £12·00; and

(i) addition of category ‘E' to a licence, from £5·00 to £12·00.

Conversion from a provisional licence to a full licence remains free of charge.

(1)

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department” and “prescribed”; Articles 13 and 19C were substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3) Sch. 1

(2)

S.R. 1991 No. 100; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations