2012 No. 308
Road Traffic

The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45(1) and 57(1) and (7) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 19951 and by virtue of the Department for Transport (Fees) Order 20092.

Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 57(12) of that Act.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st April 2012.

Amendment of Regulations2.

(1)

The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) Regulations 19953 are amended as follows.

(2)

The following substitutions are made in the Schedule —

(a)

in relation to fee number (i), in column 3, “£254” for “£250”;

(b)

in relation to fee number (ii), in column 3, “£397” for “£391”;

(c)

in relation to fee number (iii), in column 3, “£397” for “£391”;

(d)

in relation to fee number (iv), in column 3, “£68” for “£66”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Mike Penning
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the fees which are payable under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) Regulations 1995 in relation to goods vehicle operator licences granted under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995.

Fee changes, together with the percentage increase, are shown in the table below. The fees were last increased on 20th April 2009.

Old Fee

New Fee

Percentage Increase

Fee with licence application or application for a licence variation

£250

£254

1.6%

Fee for the issue of a licence

£391

£397

1.5%

Fee for the continuation in force of a licence

£391

£397

1.5%

Fee for the issue of an interim licence or interim direction

£66

£68

3.0%

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the VOSA Corporate Office, Berkeley House, Croydon Street, Bristol BS5 ODA and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.