The Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 457

Public Passenger Transport

The Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Made

23rd February 2010

Laid before Parliament

2nd March 2010

Coming into force

1st April 2010

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 Secretary of State has consulted with such representative organisations as were thought fit in accordance with section 61(2) of that Act (2).

The Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council has been consulted and that Council has consulted the Scottish and Welsh Committees, in accordance with section 44 of and paragraph 24 of Schedule 7 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007(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 paragraph 7 of Schedule 1; paragraphs 4(1) and 4(14) of Part II of Schedule 2 and by Schedule 8 to the 1985 Act and was further amended by section 66(2) to the 1994 Act. Section 60(1) of the 1981 Act was amended by sections 134(2)(a) of and by Schedule 8 to the 1985 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, section 134(2)(c).

(2)

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

(3)

2007 c.15. The Traffic Commissioners are a listed tribunal for the purposes of paragraph 24 of Schedule 7 by virtue of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (Listed Tribunals) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2951) and the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (Listed Tribunals) (Scotland) Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/436). The “Scottish Committee”, “Welsh Committee” and “procedural rules” are each defined in paragraph 28(1) of Schedule 7.