The Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 1473

Public Passenger Transport

The Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Made

5th June 2008

Laid before Parliament

12th June 2008

Coming into force

1st August 2008

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 52(1)(a) and 60(1)(e) and (1A) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981(1) (“the 1981 Act”) and by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(2).

Representative organisations have been consulted with in accordance with section 61(2) of the 1981 Act (3).

(1)

1981 c.14 (in these footnotes called “the 1981 Act”). Relevant amendments to sections 52(1) (a) and 60(1) of the 1981 Act were made by the Transport Act 1985 (c.67) (in these footnotes called “the 1985 Act”) and by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c.40) (in these footnotes called the 1994 Act”), as follows. Section 52(1)(a) of the 1981 Act was amended by paragraphs 4(1) and 4(14) of Part II of Schedule 2 of the 1985 Act; section 60(1) of the 1981 Act was amended by paragraphs 4(1) and 4(18) of Part II of Schedule 2 of the 1985 Act and words were omitted from section 60(1) of the 1981 Act by Schedule 8 of the 1985 Act. Section 52(1) (a) of the 1981 Act was further amended by section 66(2) of the 1994 Act and section 60(1) (e) of the 1981 Act was substituted by section 66(5) of the 1994 Act. Section 60 (1A) of the 1981 Act was inserted by section 134(2) (b) of the 1985 Act. For the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”, see section 60(2) of the 1981 Act, as amended by the 1985 Act, sections 134(1) and (2) (c).

(2)

S.I. 1988/643, which was made under the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c.51), section 102. The relevant entry in S.I. 1988/643 is Schedule 1, Table V, item 2.D.

(3)

Section 61(2) of the 1981 Act was amended by the 1985 Act, section 139(3) and Schedule 8.