The Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the fees which are payable in connection with applications for a Minister’s Approval Certificate and appeals under the Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) Regulations 2003 (“the Approval Regulations”). The Approval Regulations allow motor cycles, mopeds and other specified vehicles to be approved in terms of their design, construction, equipment and marking.

The fee for an application for a Minister’s Approval Certificate, or for an appeal against a determination upon an application, is £70 for a two wheel vehicle (other than a low power moped as defined in regulation 2), £85 for a vehicle with three or more wheels (other than a low power moped) and £45 for a low power moped (regulations 3(1) and 6(1)).

If an application or appeal involves an examination which, at the applicant’s request, is outside normal business hours the fee is increased by £20 (regulations 3(2) and 6(2)).

Where an application is refused the Approval Regulations permit a further application to be made in specified circumstances. The fee for such application is £15 unless the failures identified by the original application relate only to specified approval requirements as described in the Approval Regulations in which case no fee is payable (regulation 4).

The Regulations also require fees be repaid in specified circumstances (regulations 5 and 7), prescribe a fee of £10 for replacing a lost or defaced certificate (regulation 8) and make provision for the service of notices (regulation 9).

Copies of the Approval Regulations and of the Directives referred to in these Regulations may be obtained from the Stationery Office.