The Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Amendments

2.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), the following definitions shall be inserted after the definition of the Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) Regulations 1995—

“”five yearly anniversary” means, where no notice of election in force, in relation to a licence, the date of expiry of a period of 5 years, beginning with the date of either the granting of the licence or the most recent 5th anniversary of that date, whichever is the later;

“notice of election” has the same meaning as in the 1995 Regulations and a reference to such a notice being in force shall be construed in accordance with those Regulations;

“one yearly anniversary” means, where a notice of election is in force, in relation to a licence, the date of expiry of a period of 1 year, beginning with the date of either the granting of the licence or the previous anniversary of that date, whichever is the later”.

(3) In regulation 3, the following shall be substituted for paragraph 4—

“(4) The period for which a fee is payable in relation to fee number (viA) is the period beginning on the date on which the disc comes into force and ending—

(a) where a notice of election is in force, on the date of the next one yearly anniversary provided such date falls before 1 April 2010; or

(b) where no notice of election is in force, on the date of the next five yearly anniversary provided such date falls before 1 April 2010; or

(c) in any other case, ending on 31 March 2010.”.

(4) In regulation 4, paragraph 4 shall be omitted.

(5) The following substitutions shall be made in the Schedule—

(a) in relation to fee number (i), “£235” for “£224”;

(b) in relation to fee number (ii), “£155” for “£148”;

(c) the entries relating to fee numbers (iii) and (iv) set out in the Schedule to these Regulations for the entries relating to those fee numbers;

(d) in relation to fee number (v), “£119” for “£113”;

(e) the entries relating to fee numbers (vi) and (viA) set out in the Schedule to these Regulations for the entry relating to fee number (vi);

(f) in relation to fee numbers (vii) and (viii), respectively, “£61” for “£58”

(g) in relation to fee number (ix), “£8” for “£15”.

(6) Column 5 of the Schedule (relating to annual payments) shall be omitted.