The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of fitters and workshops) (Fees) Regulations 1986

Made: 2nd December 1986

Laid before Parliament: 16th December 1986

Coming into Operation: 30th January 1987

The Secretary of State for Transport, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973, and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of fitters and workshops) (Fees) Regulations 1986 and shall come into operation on 30th January 1987.

• (2) The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of fitters and workshops) (Fees) Regulations 1977 and the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of fitters and workshops) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 are hereby revoked.

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In these Regulations: “the Community Recording Equipment Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 of 20th December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport.

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The fees which the Secretary of State may require to be paid in connection with the approval of a fitter or workshop for the installation or repair of recording equipment in accordance with Article 12 of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation (which requires recording equipment to be installed and repaired by approved fitters or approved workshops) are—

• (a) a fee of £200 on the issue of an approval, and

• (b) a fee of £80 on the renewal of an approval.

Signed

John Moore — Secretary of State for Transport — 1st December 1986

We consent to the making of these Regulations.

Mark Lennox-Boyd — Peter Lloyd — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury — 2nd December 1986

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Regulations revoke and re-enact with amendments the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of fitters and workshops) (Fees) Regulations 1977 and the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of fitters and workshops) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1985. The amendments are consequential on the repeal of Council Regulation (EEC) 1463/70 and its replacement by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport.

These Regulations make provisions for the fees for the grant of approval of a fitter or workshop for recording equipment in accordance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85. The fees are unchanged and are:—

(1) £200 on the issue of an approval, and

(2) £80 on the renewal of an approval.