The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996

Fees in respect of practical or unitary tests

27.—(1) No fee shall be payable in respect of a practical or unitary test conducted by a person appointed under sub-paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) or under paragraph (2)(b) of regulation 21(1).

(2) Subject to paragraph (4), the fee payable in respect of a practical or unitary test to be conducted by a DSA examiner (other than a test which is, or forms part of, an extended driving test) for a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle of a class included in a category or sub-category specified in column (1) of the Table in Schedule 5 is the fee specified in relation to that category or sub-category in column (2) of that Table.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the fee (if any) payable in respect of a practical or unitary test to be conducted by a DSA examiner which is, or forms part of, an extended driving test for a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle of a class included in a category or sub-category specified in column (1) of the Table in Schedule 5 is the fee specified in relation to that category or sub-category in column (3) of that Table.

(4) Where an appointment for a practical test to commence during normal hours is cancelled by or on behalf of the licensing authority and the appointment cannot reasonably be rearranged so that the test commences during normal hours, the applicant shall pay the fee prescribed for a test commencing during normal hours notwithstanding that it commences out of hours.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation and Schedule 5, a test commences—

(a) during normal hours, if the time for which the test appointment is made is any time between 0830 hours and 1630 hours on a working day, and

(b) out of hours, if the time for which the test appointment is made is any other time.

(6) The fee payable in respect of a test for driving a motor cab to be conducted by a person appointed by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis pursuant to regulation 21(1)(e) is £28.50 and that fee shall be paid to the person conducting the test to be retained by him as remuneration.