The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendments) Regulations 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 459

ROAD TRAFFIC

The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendments) Regulations 1991

Made

4th March 1991

Laid before Parliament

7th March 1991

Coming into force

1st April 1991

The Secretary of State for Transport, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1)and the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(2), and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

2.  The International Transport of Goods under Cover of, TIR Carnets (Fees) Regulations 1988(3) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.

3.  In the Regulations specified in column 1 of the Table below for the amounts specified in column 2 of the Table there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column 3 of the Table.

(1)	(2)	(3)
Regulation	Existing Amount	Substituted Amount
3(i)	£ 62.00	£ 65.70
3(ii)	£380.00	£402.80
4	£ 5.50	£ 5.80
5(i)	£ 42.00	£ 44.50
5(ii)	£ 60.00	£ 63.60

4.  At the end of Regulation 4 there shall be added the words “and the fee for the issue of a duplicate of such certificate shall be £5.80.”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Christopher Chope

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

28th February l99l

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Sydney Chapman

Gregory Knight

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

4th March 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) Regulations 1988 as follows.

(a) The fee for an inspection of a vehicle design-type in connection with the grant of TIR design-type approval is increased from £62.00 to £65.70 where the inspection is of a design-type which is a variation of a design-type for which a TIR designtype approval has been granted and from £380 to £402.80 in any other case.

(b) The fee for the issue of a TIR vehicle approval certificate for a vehicle which is of a design-type for which TIR design-type approval has been granted is increased from £5.50 to £5.80. Provision is also made for the issue of a duplicate of such certificate at a fee of £5.80.

(c) The fee for an inspection of a vehicle in connection with the issue of a TIR vehicle approval certificate is increased from £42.00 to £44.50 where the inspection is carried out following refusal of such a certificate for the vehicle and from £60.00 to £63.60 in any other case.

(1)

1973 c. 51.

(2)

S.I. 1988/643, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c.SI). The relevant reference in S.I. 1988/643 is Table II of Schedule 1.

(3)

S.I. 1988/371.