2002 No. 538

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of Fitters and Workshops) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 19731 and by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 19882, and in exercise of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of Fitters and Workshops) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

Increases in fees2

In regulation 3 of the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of Fitters and Workshops) (Fees) Regulations 19863 for “£251” there shall be substituted “£259” and for “£102” there shall be substituted “£105”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

David JamiesonParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Nick AingerTony McNultyTwo of the Lord’s Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of Fitters and Workshops)(Fees) Regulations 1986 so as to increase the fees for the approval of fitters or workshops for the installation or repair of recording equipment (tachographs).

The fee for the issue of an approval is increased by 3.2% from £251 to £259 and for the renewal of an approval by 2.9% from £102 to £105.