The Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Citation and commencement1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st April 2012.
Amendment of Regulations2.
(1)
(2)
The following substitutions are made in the Schedule—
(a)
in relation to fee number (i), in column 3, “£206” for “£235”;
(b)
in relation to fee number (ii), in column 3, “£206” for “£155”;
(c)
in relation to fee number (v), in column 3, “£121” for “£119”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
These Regulations amend some of the fees charged for public service vehicle operator licences granted under Part II of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.
Fee changes, together with the percentage increase or decrease, are shown in the table below. The fees were last increased on 20th April 2009.
Old Fee | New Fee | Percentage Increase/Decrease | |
|---|---|---|---|
Application for a standard licence | £235 | £206 | -12.3% |
Application for a restricted licence | £155 | £206 | +32.9% |
Application to vary a condition on a licence so as to increase the maximum number of vehicles | £119 | £121 | +1.7% |
There are two full impact assessments of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector. One impact assessment relates to the recovery of the costs of developing and maintaining a national register of road transport operators as required by EU Regulations. The other impact assessment relates to the rebalancing and equalisation of the application fees for standard and restricted licences to reflect the costs of processing those applications. The impact assessments are available from the VOSA Corporate Office, Berkeley House, Croydon Street, Bristol BS5 ODA and are published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.