The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility (Amendment)(No.2) Regulations 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 (“the 2000 Regulations”). The 2000 Regulations apply to single-deck and double-deck buses and to single-deck and double-deck coaches, where such vehicles are used to provide local and scheduled services and have a capacity of more than twenty-two passengers.

Regulation 2

Table

Nature of service	Existing fee (£)	Substituted fee (£)
First application for an accessibility certificate in respect of the vehicle—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	47	51 (8.5%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	95	104 (9.5%)
Any subsequent application for an accessibility certificate in respect of the vehicle—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	16	17 (6.3%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	33	36 (9.1%)
Application for approval of a vehicle as a type vehicle of a vehicle that conforms substantially to a vehicle already approved as a type vehicle or has a chassis or body that conforms to the chassis or body of a vehicle already approved as a type vehicle—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with only one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	168	183 (8.9%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	336	366 (8.9%)
Application for approval of a vehicle as a type vehicle of a vehicle that conforms substantially to a vehicle already approved as a type vehicle, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the vehicle conforms (except in unimportant details) to a vehicle already approved as a type vehicle and no inspection of the vehicle is made—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with only one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	16	17 (6.3%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	32	35 (9.4%)
Application for approval of a vehicle as a type vehicle if a vehicle has a body and a chassis which has formed parts of different vehicles which have already been approved as type vehicles—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with only one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	83	90 (8.4%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	166	181 (9.0%)
Application for approval as a type vehicle in any other case—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with only one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	368	401 (9.0%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	725	790 (9.0%)
Issue of a conformity certificate.	16	17 (6.3%)
Issue of duplicate accessibility or conformity certificate.	12	13 (8.3%)

An impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the VOSA Corporate Office, Berkeley House, Croydon Street, Bristol BS5 0DA (telephone: [phone]). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. The impact assessment is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website www.opsi.gov.uk.