2014 No. 2557

Road Traffic

The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Tachograph Card Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 19731 makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Tachograph Card Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

2

These Regulations shall come into force on 31st October 2014.

Amendment of Regulations2

The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Tachograph Card Fees) Regulations 20052 are amended as follows—

a

in the table in Schedule 1 (Driver Card Fees) for “£38” substitute “£32”;

b

in the table in Schedule 2 (Company Card Fees) for “£38” substitute “£32”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Claire PerryParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Transport

We consent to the making of these Regulations

John PenroseGavin BarwellTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend card application fees in the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Tachograph Card Fees) Regulations 2005. Fee changes with the percentage decrease are shown in the table below.

Old Fee

New Fee

Percentage Decrease

Application for a Driver Card (excluding renewal or replacement)

£38

£32

16%

Application for a Company Card (excluding renewal or replacement)

£38

£32

16%

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from DVLA, Swansea SA6 7JL and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.