The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 1911

ROAD TRAFFIC

The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Made

14th July 2004

Laid before Parliament

6th August 2004

Coming into force

30th August 2004

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 by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 30th August 2004.

Increases in fees

2.—(1) The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) Regulations 1988(3) shall be amended as follows.

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

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)
Regulation	Existing Amount (£)	Substituted Amount (£)
3(i)	74	77
3(ii)	459	473
5(i)	49	51
5(ii)	74	77

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David Jamieson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

6th July 2004

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Derek Twigg

Nick Ainger

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

14th July 2004

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 (“the 1988 Regulations”). The 1988 Regulations prescribe the fees payable in connection with the approval of a road vehicle design-type, and with the issue of a certificate of approval for a road vehicle, in pursuance of Annex 3 to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets of 14th November 1975. “TIR” is the acronym for “Transports Internationaux Routiers”.

The fee for an inspection of a vehicle design-type in connection with the grant of TIR design-type approval is increased by 4.1% from £74 to £77 where the inspection is of a design-type which is a variation of a design-type for which a TIR design-type approval has been granted, and by 3.1% from £459 to £473 in any other case.

The fee for an inspection of a vehicle in connection with the issue of a TIR vehicle approval certificate is increased by 4.1% from £49 to £51 where the inspection is carried out following refusal of such a certificate for the vehicle, and by 4.1% from £74 to £77 in any other case.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business is available from the Department for Transport, 5th floor, Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DT (telephone [phone]) (telephone number: 020 7944 2455). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.

(1)

1973 c. 51.

(2)

S.I. 1988/643, which was made under the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51), section 102. The relevant entry in S.I. 1988/643 is in Schedule 1, Table II.

(3)

S.I. 1988/371; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/459, 1992/715, 1993/3068, 2000/1464, 2001/1811, 2002/539 and 2003/1813.