The Road Transport (International Passenger Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 No. 1577

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 1577

Public Passenger Transport

The Road Transport (International Passenger Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Made

13th June 2008

Laid before Parliament

17th June 2008

Coming into force

1st August 2008

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1) and by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(2).

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Road Transport (International Passenger Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 1^st August 2008.

2.  Regulation 14 of the Road Transport (International Passenger Services) Regulations 1984(3) is amended as follows —

(1) In paragraph (2A), for “£11” substitute “£12.”

(2) In paragraph (3), for “£160” substitute “£168.”

(3) In paragraph (3A), for “£163” substitute “£171.”

(4) In paragraph (4), for “£34” substitute “£36.”

(5) In paragraph (5A), for “£5” substitute “£6.”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Jim Fitzpatrick

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Transport

5th June 2008

We consent to the making of these Regulations.

Steve McCabe

Dave Watts

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

13th June 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations increase the fees payable under the Road Transport (International Passenger Services) Regulations 1984.

The fee increases, with percentage increases, are shown in the table below. The fees were last increased on 30 August 2004.

	Old Fee	New Fee	% increase
Application for a certified copy of an authorisation.	£11	£12	9.1%
Application for a special regular service authorisation or international passenger transport authorisation.	£160	£168	5.0%
Application for a shuttle service authorisation or regular service authorisation.	£163	£171	4.9%
Annual renewal of a regular or special regular service authorisation.	£34	£36	5.9%
Application for an own account certificate (each year).	£5	£6	20.0%

A full Impact Assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from: VOSA Corporate Office, Berkeley House, Croydon Street, Bristol BS5 0DA. The Impact Assessment is also annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the Instrument on the OPSI website at www.opsi.gov.uk.

(1)

1973 c.51.

(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 II, Item E.

(3)

S.I. 1984/748. The relevant amending instruments are SI 1987/1755, 1990/1103, 2003/1118 and 2004/1882.