The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1990

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Goods Vehicle (Plating and Testing Regulations 1988 (the “1988 Regulations”) as follows.

1.  Regulation 13 makes the following amendments to the fees prescribed by the 1988 Regulations.

(a) The fee payable on an application for a first examination or periodical test is increased from £26.50 to £28.00 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £14.50 to £15.25 in the case of a trailer.

(b) The fee for a re-test or further re-test within 14 days after the first examination or earlier re-test at the same station or at another station and by arrangement is increased from £13.50 to £14.25 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £7.75 to £8.25 in the case of a trailer. The fee for re-tests in other circumstances is increased from £26.50 to £28.00 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £14.50 to £15.25 in the case of a trailer.

(c) The fee payable on a request for an amendment to a plating certificate following a notifiable alteration or for a re-test where a particular in the certificate is or may be no longer applicable is increased from £11.00 to £11.75.

(d) The fee payable on an application for a replacement for a lost or defaced plate, certificate or ministry test date disc is increased from £7.75 to £8.25.

The Regulations do not affect the supplement to the fees payable for examinations or tests on Saturdays.

2.  The Regulations substitute the word “constable” for a reference to “police constable”.

3.  The opportunity has been taken to update references to the Road Traffic Act 1972 to refer to the Road Traffic Act 1988.