2004 No. 1880
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT

The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(1), 52(1) and 60 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 19811 and by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 19882, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 61(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 30th August 2004.

Increases in fees2.

(1)

The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 19813 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In the regulations specified in column (1) of the following Table for the amounts specified in column (2) there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column (3).

TABLE

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation

Existing Amount(£)

Substituted Amount(£)

46(2)(a)(i)

179

269

46(2)(a)(ii)

143

215

46(2)(b)(i)

143

215

46(2)(b)(ii)

17

26

50(a)

830

1245

77

114

50(b)

410

615

50(c)

1776

2664

53

16

24

57(5)

11

17

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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

The fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness is increased by 50% from £179 to £269 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 50% from £143 to £215 on the first application in any other case.

The fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness is increased by 50% from £143 to £215 on any subsequent application when the test which that application will require includes a test of stability under regulation 6 of the 1981 Regulations. The fee payable for a certificate of initial fitness in any subsequent application in any other case is increased by 50% from £17 to £26.

The fees payable for various type approvals are increased from £830, £77, £410 and £1776 to respectively £1245, £114, £615 and £2664 (increases of 50%, 48%, 50% and 50% respectively).

The fee payable for a certificate of conformity is increased by 50% from £16 to £24.

The fee payable for a duplicate certificate is increased by 50% from £11 to £17.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business is available from the Department for Transport, 5th Floor, Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DT (telephone number: 020 7944 2455). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.