The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 3110

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2003

Made

2nd December 2003

Laid before Parliament

8th December 2003

Coming into force

1st January 2004

The Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(3) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994(1) and by virtue of the Department for Transport (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Fees) Order 2003(2) hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004.

Amendment

2.  In Regulation 10(1) of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002(3) for “£25” there shall be substituted “£38”.

David Jamieson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

2nd December 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations raise the fee payable on applications for the registration of a mechanically propelled vehicle from £25 to £38 with effect from 1st January 2004.

(1)

1994 c. 22; section 21(3) was inserted by the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Schedule 4, paragraph 33.

(2)

S.I. 2003/2994.

(3)

S.I. 2002/2742, to which there are amendments not relevant to the Regulations.