The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2023 No. 124

Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Made

5th September 2023

Coming into operation

1st October 2023

The Department for Infrastructure(1) makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 5(3), (4) and (5), 19C(1) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(2) and now vested in it(3).

Citation and commencement N.I.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 1^st October 2023.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations N.I.

2.  For Schedule 4 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4) substitute —

Regulation 22

“SCHEDULE 4 N.I. Fees for Tests

PART 1 N.I. FEES FOR PRACTICAL TESTS

Column (1)	Column (2)		Column (3)
Category or sub-category of vehicle	Test, other than an extended driving test, commencing —		Extended driving test commencing —
	(a) During normal hours	(b) Out of hours	(a) During normal hours	(b) Out of hours
1. AM	£80.00	£110.00	£160.00	—
2. A1, A2 and A	£80.00	£110.00	£160.00	—
3. B	£65.00	£95.00	£130.00	—
4. F, G, H and K	£65.00	—	—	—
5. B+E, C, C1, D, D1, C+E, C1+E, D+E and D1+E	£87.00	£137.00	—	—
6. B1 (invalid carriages)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

PART 2 N.I. FEES FOR SPECIAL MANOEUVRES TESTS

Column (1)	Column (2)
Category or sub-category of vehicle	Special manoeuvres test, commencing —
	(a) During normal hours	(b) Out of hours
1. AM, A1, A2 and A	£45.00	£60.00”

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 5^th September 2023

Chris Hughes

A senior officer of the Department for Infrastructure

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 by substituting a new Schedule 4.

In Part 1 of Schedule 4 (fees for practical tests) the following fees are increased —

(a) the fee for a test, other than an extended test, for vehicles in category AM is increased from £58.00 to £80.00 for a test commencing during normal hours and from £71.00 to £110.00 for a test commencing out of hours;

(b) the fee for an extended test for vehicles in category AM is increased from £116.00 to £160.00 for a test commencing during normal hours;

(c) the fee for a test, other than an extended test, for vehicles in categories A1, A2 and A is increased from £58.00 to £80.00 for a test commencing during normal hours and from £71.00 to £110.00 for a test commencing out of hours;

(d) the fee for an extended driving test for vehicles in category A1, A2 and A is increased from £116.00 to £160.00 for a test commencing during normal hours;

(e) the fee for a test, other than an extended test, for vehicles in category B is increased from £45.50 to £65.00 for a test commencing during normal hours and from £62.50 to £95.00 for a test commencing out of hours;

(f) the fee for an extended driving test for vehicles in category B is creased from £91.00 to £130.00 for a test commencing during normal hours;

(g) the fee for a test for vehicles in categories F, G, H and K is increased from £45.50 to £65.00 for a test commencing during normal hours;

(h) the fee for a test for vehicles in categories B+E, C, C1, D, D1, C+E, C1+E, D+E and D1+E is increased from £66.00 to £87.00 for a test commencing during normal hours and from £99.00 to £137.00 for a test commencing out of hours.

In Part 2 of Schedule 4 (fees for special manoeuvres tests) the fee for a special manoeuvres test for vehicles in categories AM, A1, A2 and A is increased from £31.00 to £45.00 for a test commencing during normal hours and from £43.00 to £60.00 for a test commencing out of hours.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Safe and Accessible Travel Division, Department for Infrastructure, Clarence Court, 10-8 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or online alongside this Regulation at http//www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr

(1)

Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and (11) of; and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5) (N.I.)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment is dissolved

(2)

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); Articles 5 and 19C were 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, Part 1, paragraphs 3 and 8 respectively, S.R. 1996 No. 426, regulation 3 and Schedule 1, paragraphs 2 and 11 respectively, S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10), Articles 44 and 86(2) and Schedule 8, Part 1, and Article 5 was further amended by 2014 c.22, section 75(3) and Schedule 9, Part 6, paragraph 62

(3)

See Article 8(1)(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76)

(4)

S.R. 1996 No. 542; Schedule 4 was substituted by S.R. 2009 No. 73, regulation 2 and amended by S.R. 2012 No. 170, regulation 3(29)