13.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) the prescribed fee for carrying out any examination of an eligible vehicle under this Schedule (except an examination under paragraph 8, for which no fee shall be payable) shall be—
(a)£25, except in a case falling within paragraph (b);
(b)£15, if it is carried out at the same time as an examination of the vehicle—
(i)for the purposes of determining whether a certificate of initial fitness should be issued under section 6 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981(1) or a public service vehicle licence should be granted under Article 61 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(2);
(ii)for the purposes of an examination carried out for the purposes of section 45 of the 1988 Act(3), Article 61(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (test certificates); or
(iii)for one or more of the purposes mentioned in section 49(1) of the 1988 Act or Article 65 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (plating and testing of goods vehicles).
(2) If, at the request of the applicant, the time appointed for an examination is out of hours, the fee payable under sub-paragraph (1) shall be increased by £8.40.
(3) If, at the request of the applicant, an examination is carried out otherwise than at premises provided and maintained by the Secretary of State under section 52 of the 1988 Act or Article 73, of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(4) the fee payable under the preceding provisions of this paragraph shall be increased by £3.50.
(4) In sub-paragraph (2) “out of hours” means—
(a)at any time on Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, a Bank Holiday (as defined by the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(5)) or (in relation to Great Britain) Good Friday or (in relation to Northern Ireland) Easter Tuesday or any other day on which tests are not normally conducted at vehicle testing stations;
(b)or on any other day except—
(i)in Great Britain, between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm on Monday to Thursday inclusive or between 8.00 am and 4.30 on a Friday; or
(ii)in Northern Ireland, between 8.45 am and 4.55 pm on Monday to Friday inclusive.
1981 c. 114; section 6 was amended by the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54), Schedule 3, paragraph 22 and by the Road Traffic Act 1991, Schedule 4, paragraph 14.
Section 45 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991, Schedule 4, paragraph 53.
1971 c. 80; as to bank holidays see section 1 and Schedule 1.