Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981

52 Fees for grant of licences etc. E+W+S

(1) Such fees, payable at such times, and whether in one sum or by instalments, as may be prescribed shall be charged—

(a) by the traffic [F1 commissioner] for each traffic area in respect of—

(i) applications for, and the grant of, PSV operators’ licences . . . F2 ;

[F3 X1 (ii) applications for, and the issue of, certificates of initial fitness under section 6 of this Act;]

[F3 X1 (ii) applications for certificates of initial fitness under section 6 of this Act which are required by regulations to be made to the commissioners and the issue of certificates on such applications;]

(iii) the issue of operators’ discs under section 18 of this Act;

(iv) applications for, and the issue of, certificates under section 21 of this Act as to repute, professional competence or financial standing; and

(v) applications for, and the issue of, documents required in relation to public service vehicles registered in Great Britain while making journeys to or from places outside Great Britain or in relation to public service vehicles registered outside Great Britain;

[F4 (b) by the traffic [F1 commissioner] for each traffic area . . . F5 in respect of—

(i) applications for, and the issue of, licences to drive public service vehicles; and

(ii) the provision by the traffic [F1 commissioner] . . . F5 of facilities for a person to undergo a test of his competence as a driver in connection with an application by him for a licence to drive a public service vehicle, being a test which he is by virtue of regulations required to undergo in that connection.]

(2) [F6 A traffic commissioner] . . . F7 may, if any fee or instalment of a fee due in respect thereof has not been paid, decline to proceed with—

(a) any such application as is mentioned in subsection (1) above;

(b) the grant of any licence or the issue of any certificate, disc or other document referred to in that subsection; [F8 or]

[F9 (c) the provision of any such facilities as are mentioned in paragraph (b)(ii) of that subsection,]

until the fee or instalment in question has been paid.

(3) Any fees received by [F10 a traffic commissioner] by virtue of this section . . . F11 shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund in such manner as the Treasury may direct.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

Editorial Information

X1 S. 52(1)(a)(ii) beginning “applications for certificates” substituted (prosp.) for s. 52(1)(a)(ii) beginning “applications for, and the issue of,” by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 58, 107:1, 126), s. 74(1), Sch. 5 para. 22

Textual Amendments

F1 Word substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 4(14)(a)

F2 Words repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 1(3), 139(3), Sch. 1 para. 7, Sch. 8

F3 S. 52(1)(a)(ii) beginning “applications for certificates” substituted (prosp.) for s. 52(1)(a)(ii) beginning “applications for, and the issue of,” by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 58, 107:1, 126), s. 74(1), Sch. 5 para. 22

F4 S. 52(1)(b) repealed (1.4.1991) by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 16, Sch. 6

F5 Words repealed by S.I. 1984/31, art. 5(d)(i)

F6 Words substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 4(14)(b)

F7 Words repealed by S.I. 1984/31, art. 5(d)(ii)

F8 Word repealed (1.4.1991) by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 16, Sch. 6

F9 S. 52(2)(c) repealed (1.4.1991) by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 16, Sch. 6

F10 Words substituted by virtue of Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 4(14)(c)

F11 Words repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(3), Sch. 8

F12 S. 52(4) repealed by S.I. 1984/31, art. 5(d)(iii)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 52(1) extended by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 126(1)

C2 S. 52(2) extended (with modifications) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 126(2)