2 Amendments to regulation 20 (fees for examinations)
1 Regulation 20 of the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 shall be amended as follows.
S.I. 1981/1694; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/1525, 1992/3160, 1995/2438, 1998/1672, 2001/3330, 2003/1113 and 2006/1998.
2 For paragraph (3), there shall be substituted—

“3 Where, on an examination of a vehicle other than a vehicle in Class VI or VIA, it is found that some or all of the prescribed statutory requirements are not complied with or where, in the circumstances mentioned in regulation 16, a full examination of the braking system or systems of the vehicle is not carried out then provided that—
(a) the vehicle is left at the vehicle testing station at which the examination took place so that the defects which have been revealed can be repaired;
(b) the re-examination is carried out before the expiration of a period of 10 days starting on the day after the day of the initial examination; and
(c) there has been no change to the authorised examiner at the vehicle testing station between those examinations,
no fee shall be payable in respect of the re-examination carried out there on the completion of those repairs.
3ZA Where, on an examination of a vehicle other than a vehicle in Class VI or VIA, it is found that some or all of the prescribed statutory requirements are not complied with or where, in the circumstances mentioned in regulation 16, a full examination of the braking system or systems of the vehicle is not carried out then provided that—
(a) the vehicle is returned to the vehicle testing station at which the examination took place;
(c) the re-examination is carried out before the expiration of a period of 10 days starting on the day after the day of the initial examination; and
(c) there has been no change to the authorised examiner at the vehicle testing station between those examinations,
the fee payable for the re-examination shall be a maximum of one-half of the fee otherwise chargeable.”

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