The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981 as follows.

The fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness is increased by 2.9% from £174 to £179 on the first application in respect of a public service vehicle which, when equipped with seat belts otherwise than as required by regulation 47 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, is not of a type for which the manufacturer holds any of certain approvals relating to seat belt anchorage points.

The fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness is increased by 2.9% from £139 to £143 on the first application in any other case.

The fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness is increased by 2.9% from £139 to £143 on any subsequent application when the test which that application will require includes a test of stability under regulation 6. The fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness in any subsequent application in any other case is increased by 3% from £16.50 to £17.

The fees payable for type approvals are increased from £806, £75, £398 and £1724 to respectively £830, £77, £410 and £1776 (increases of 3%, 2.7%, 3% and 3% respectively).

The fee payable for a certificate of conformity is increased by 3.2% from £15.50 to £16.

A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared and copies can be obtained from the Department for Transport, Zone 2/05, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR (telephone number: 020–7944 2455). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.