The Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 2646

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Made

21st November 1991

Laid before Parliament

22nd November 1991

Coming into force

13th December 1991

The Secretary of State for Transport, with the consent of the Treasury in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1), and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) (amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 13th December 1991.

2.  The Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) Regulations 1983(2) shall be amended by the substitution—

(a) in regulation 4 of “£40” for “£80”, “£10” for “£20” and “£5” for “£7”;

(b) in regulation 5 of “£40” for “£80” and “£10” for “£20”;

(c) in regulation 6 of “£20” for “£40” and “£5” for “£10”;

(d) in regulation 8 of “£5” for “£25”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport.

Christopher Chope

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

18th November 1991

We consent to the making of these Regulations.

Sydney Chapman

Irvine Patnick

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

21st November 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) Regulations 1983 as previously amended by the Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1987, the Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) (amendment) Regulations 1990. The effect of the amendments is to reduce the fees payable on the issue of certain authorisations, licences and permits required for international road haulage journeys as follows—

	Valid for a period of one year	Valid for a period of less than one year
Community authorisation	A decrease from £80 to £40	If the permit is valid for a period of less than one year but more than thorty days, a decrease from £20 to £10 for each period of three months of part thereof for which it is valid. If the permit is valid for a period of thirty days a decrease from £7 to £5.
E.C.M.T. licence	A decrease from £80 to £40	A decrease from £20 to £10 for each period of three months or part thereof for which it is valid.
Period permit	A decrease from £40 to £20	A decrease from £10 to £5 for each period of three months or part thereof for which it is valid.
In addition the fee for a Community removals authorisation is reduced from £25 to £5.

(1)

1973 c. 51; section 56(1) is to be read in accordance with the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/643).

(2)

S.I. 1983/1831; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1987/2012, 1989/2058 and 1990/2365.