http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/489/madeThe Public Service Vehicles (Conditions Of Fitness, Equipment, Use And Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2002Public servicesVehiclesKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2017-06-08PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981 as follows. 2002 No. 489 PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions Of Fitness, Equipment, Use And Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 Made 6th March 2002 Laid before Parliament 7th March 2002 Coming into force 1st April 2002 The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(1), 52(1) and 60 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988, and in exercise of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representive organisations in accordance with section 61(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:— Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002. Increases in fees 2 1 The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981 shall be amended as follows. 2 In the regulations specified in column (1) of the Table for the amounts specified in column (2) there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column (3). TABLE
(1)(2)(3)
RegulationExisting AmountSubstituted Amount
46(2)(a)(i)£169£174
46(2)(a)(ii)£135£139
46(2)(b)(i)£135£139
46(2)(b)(ii)£16£16.50
50(a)£783£806
£73£75
50(b)£386£398
50(c)£1674£1724
53£15£15.50
57(5)£10.50£11
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions David Jamieson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions 6th March 2002 (This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981 as follows.

The fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness is increased by 3% from £169 to £174 on the first application in respect of a public service vehicle which, when equipped with seat belts otherwise than as required by regulation 47 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, is not of a type for which the manufacturer holds any of certain approvals relating to seat belt anchorage points.

The fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness is increased by 3% from £135 to £139 on the first application in any other case.

The fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness is increased by 3% from £135 to £139 on any subsequent application when the test which that application will require includes a test of stability under regulation 6. The fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness on any subsequent application in any other case is increased by 3.1% from £16 to £16.50.

The fees payable for type approvals are increased from £783, £73, £386 and £1674 to respectively £806, £75, £398 and £1724 (increases of 2.9%, 2.7%, 3.1% and 3% respectively).

The fee payable for a certificate of conformity is increased by 3.3% from £15 to £15.50.

The fee payable for a duplicate certificate is increased by 4.8% from £10.50 to £11.

The fee payable for a duplicate certificate is increased by 4.8% from £10.50 to £11.

1981 c. 14. Section 52(1) was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) (“the 1985 Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 7, Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 4(14) and Schedule 8; and by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), section 66(2). Section 60(1) was amended by the 1985 Act, section 134(2), Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 4(18) and Schedule 8; section 60(1A) was inserted by the 1985 Act, section 134(2), and section 61(2) was amended by the 1985 Act, section 135(1) and Schedule 8. S.I. 1988/643, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51). The relevant references in S.I. 1988/643 are items 1 and 2A of Table V of Schedule 1. S.I. 1981/257; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1986/370, 1988/340, 1997/84, 1998/1670, 2001/1431 and 2001/1649.