Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made: 14th February 2002

Coming into operation: 1st April 2002

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 5(3), (4) and (5) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[^f00001] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and in accordance with Article 19C(3)[^f00002] of that Order with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel[^f00003] as regards regulation 2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2002.

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

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• (1) The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996[^f00004] shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

• (2) In regulation 24 (fees for theory tests) for “£17·00” there shall be substituted “£18·00”.

• (3) For Schedule 4 there shall be substituted—

SCHEDULE 4

Revocation

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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001[^f00005] and the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) (Test Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001[^f00006] are hereby revoked.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 13th February 2002.

Sam Foster — Minister of the Environment

The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves regulation 2.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 14th February 2002.

Seán Farren — Minister of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 by substituting a new Schedule 4. In the new Schedule 4 the following fees have been increased—

• (a) the fee for a test, other than an extended test, for a vehicle in category B is increased from £36·00 to £37·50 for a test commencing during normal hours and from £47·00 to £48·00 for a test commencing out of hours;

• (b) the fee for a test, other than an extended test, for a vehicle in category F, G, H and K is increased from £36·00 to £37·50 for a test commencing during normal hours;

• (c) the fee for a test, other than an extended test, for a vehicle in category B + E, C1, C1 + E, D1, D1 + E, C, C + E, D and D + E is increased from £52·00 to £53·00 for a test commencing during normal hours and from £78·00 to £80·00 for a test commencing out of hours;

• (d) the fee for an extended test during normal hours for a vehicle in category B is increased from £72·00 to £75·00.

The fee for a test, other than an extended test, for vehicles in categories A1, B1 (other than B1 invalid carriages) P and A remains unchanged at £45·00 for a test commencing during normal hours and £57·00 for a test commencing out of hours.

The fee for an extended driving test during normal hours for a vehicle in category A remains unchanged at £90·00.

The fee for a theory test in respect of any category of motor vehicle is increased from £17·00 to £18·00.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department” and “prescribed”; Article 5 was substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Schedule 1 and amended by S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 2

[^f00002]: Article 19C was substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Schedule 1 and amended by S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10), Schedule 3, paragraph 8 and S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 11

[^f00003]: Formerly the Department of Finance; see S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6), Article 3

[^f00004]: S.R. 1996 No. 542; revelant amending regulations are S.R. 2001 No. 245 and S.R. 2001 No. 310

[^f00005]: S.R. 2001 No. 245

[^f00006]: S.R. 2001 No. 310