The Vehicle Excise Duty (Reduced Pollution) Regulations 1998

Prescribed fees

14.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) the prescribed fee for carrying out any examination of a vehicle under these Regulations (except an examination under regulation 10, for which no fee shall be payable) shall be–

(a) £15 if it is carried out at the same time as an examination of the vehicle carried out–

(i) for the purpose of determining whether a certificate of initial fitness should be issued under section 6 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981(1) or a public service vehicle licence should be granted under Article 61 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(2);

(ii) for the purposes of an examination carried out for the purposes of section 45 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, Article 61(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 or Article 66(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (test certificates); or

(iii) for one or more of the purposes mentioned in section 49(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(3) or Article 65 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (plating and testing of goods vehicles);

(b) £25 in any other case.

(2) If, at the request of the applicant, the time appointed for an examination is out of hours, the fee payable under paragraph (1) shall be increased by £8.40.

(3) If, at the request of the applicant, an examination is carried out otherwise than at premises provided and maintained by the Secretary of State under section 52 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (goods vehicle testing stations) the fee payable under preceding provisions of this regulation shall be increased by £3.50.

(4) In paragraph (2) “out of hours” means–

(a) at any time on Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, a Bank Holiday (as defined by the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(4)) or (in relation to Great Britain) Good Friday or (in relation to Northern Ireland) Easter Tuesday; or

(b) on any other day except–

(i) between 8.00 am and 5 pm on Monday to Thursday inclusive; or

(ii) between 8.00 am and 4.30 pm on a Friday.

(1)

1981 c. 114; section 6 was amended by the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54), Schedule 3, paragraph 22 and by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 4, paragraph 14.

(2)

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1).

(3)

1988 c. 52; section 49(1) was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991, Schedule 4, paragraph 54.

(4)

1971 c. 80.