The Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 1576

Road Traffic

The Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Made

13th June 2008

Laid before Parliament

17th June 2008

Coming into force

1st August 2008

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations with the consent of the Treasury in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1) and by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(2).

Citation and Commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 1^st August 2008.

Amendments

2.  Regulation 3 of the Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) Regulations 2001(3) is amended as follows —

(1) In paragraph (1)(a), for “£121” substitute “£127.”

(2) In paragraph (1)(b), for “£30” substitute “£32.”

(3) In paragraph (2), for “£3” substitute “£4.”

(4) In paragraph (3)(a), for “£7” substitute “£8.”

(5) In paragraph (3)(b), for “£12.50” substitute “£13.”

(6) In paragraph (3)(c), for “£46” substitute “£48.”

(7) In paragraph (4), for “£16” substitute “£17.”

(8) In paragraph (5), for “£7” substitute “£8.”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Jim Fitzpatrick

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Transport

5th June 2008

We consent to the making of these Regulations.

Steve McCabe

Dave Watts

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

13th June 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations increase the fees payable under the Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) Regulations 2001.

The fee increases, together with percentage increases, are shown in the table below. The fees were last increased on 30 August 2004.

	Old Fee	New Fee	% increase
ECMT licence for a period of one year	£121	£127	5.0%
ECMT licence for a period of less than one year (fee per period of 3 months or less)	£30	£32	6.7%
Ecopoints, per one-way journey	£3	£4	33.3%
Journey permit for 1 return journey	£7	£8	14.3%
Journey permit for 4 return journeys to Turkey	£12.50	£13	4.0%
Journey permit for 15 journeys to Morocco	£46	£48	4.3%
Removals authorisation	£16	£17	6.3%
Swiss permit	£7	£8	14.3%

A full Impact Assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from: VOSA Corporate Office, Berkeley House, Croydon Street, Bristol BS5 0DA. The Impact Assessment is also annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the Instrument on the OPSI website at www.opsi.gov.uk.

(1)

1973 c.51.

(2)

S.I. 1988/643, to which there are no amendments relevant to this instrument, was made under the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c.51), section 102. The relevant entry in S.I. 1988/643 is Schedule 1, Table II, Item A.

(3)

S.I. 2001/3606, as amended by S.I. 2004/1883.