Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2001 No. 310
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001
Made
29th August 2001
Coming into operation
8th October 2001
The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 5(3) and (4) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and in accordance with Article 19C(3)(2) of that Order with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel(3) as regards regulation 2, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 8th October 2001.
Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
2. In regulation 24 (fees for theory tests) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4) for “£16·50” there shall be substituted “£17·00”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 23rd August 2001.
L.S.
Sam Foster
Minister of the Environment
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves regulation 2.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 29th August 2001.
L.S.
Mark Durkan
Minister of Finance and Personnel
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 by increasing the fee for a theory test from £16·50 to £17·00.
S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department” and “prescribed”; Article 5 was substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Article 3 and Schedule 1 and amended by S.R. 1996 No. 426, regulation 3 and Schedule 1, paragraph 2
Article 19C was substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Article 3 and Schedule 1 and amended by S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10), Article 97(1) and Schedule 3, paragraph 8 and S.R. 1996 No. 426, regulation 3 and Schedule 1, paragraph 11
Formerly the Department of Finance; see S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6) Article 3
S.R. 1996 No. 542, to which there are amendments not relevant to this rule