The International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 1693

ROAD TRAFFIC

The International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Made

4th July 2003

Laid before Parliament

8th July 2003

Coming into force

1st August 2003

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 3(1) and 4(1) of the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act 1976(1) hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st August 2003.

2.  The International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Regulations 1985 (“ the 1985 Regulations”)(2) shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4 below.

3.  In regulation 25 of the 1985 Regulations—

(a) for “£5” there shall be substituted “£40”, and

(b) for “or” there shall be substituted “and the fee of £5 is to be paid for the issue of”.

4.—(1) The Schedule to the 1985 Regulations shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1 of Part I, for “£150” there shall be substituted “ £165”.

(3) In paragraph 2 of Part I, for “£405” there shall be substituted “ £450”.

(4) In paragraph 3 of Part I, for “£50” there shall be substituted “ £60”.

(5) In paragraph 1 of Part II, for “£850” there shall be substituted “ £925”.

(6) Paragraph 3 of Part II shall be deleted.

(7) In paragraph 1 of Part III, for “£80” there shall be substituted “ £90”.

(8) In paragraph 2 of Part III, for “£240” there shall be substituted “ £350”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

David Jamieson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

4th July 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations change some fees payable under the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Regulations 1985.

The fee for certification of a type vehicle (formerly £245) is cancelled.

The following fees are increased:

FEE DESCRIPTION	OLD FEE (and year of last change)		NEW FEE
Certified copy certificate	£5	(1985)	£40
Testing of a unit of transport equipment	£150	(1992)	£165
Use of test facilities at testing station for testing a unit of transport equipment, per day or part day	£405	(1996)	£450
Certification of a unit of transport equipment which has been tested	£50	(1992)	£60
Testing a unit of transport equipment as a type vehicle and inspecting arrangements for ensuring conformity of production	£850	(1992)	£925
Inspection of one unit of equipment at the testing station	£80	(1995)	£90
Inspection of up to three units of equipment together at a place other than the testing station	£240	(1995)	£350

The other fees payable under the 1985 Regulations, as amended by the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1992, 1995 and 1996, are unchanged.

(1)

1976 c. 58. See section 19(1) for the definition of “prescribed ”.

(2)

S.I. 1985/1071, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/2682, 1995/1716, 1996/2765.