The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991

Made: 1st May 1991

Laid before Parliament: 9th May 1991

Coming into force: 3rd June 1991

The Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of the powersconferred by sections 89(3) and (4)(b), 105(1) and (4) and 108(1)[^f00001] of the Road Traffic Act 1988[^f00002], and of all other enabling powers, and afterconsultation with representative organisations in accordance withsection 195(2) of that Act, and with the approval of the Treasury,hereby makes the following Regulations:

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These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (DrivingLicences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991 and shall come into forceon 3rd June 1991.

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• (1) The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987[^f00003] shall be amended in accordance with the followingprovisions of this regulation.

• (2) In regulation 19 (Fees in respect of tests) for paragraph (3) thereshall be substituted the following paragraphs—

(3) The fee payable in respect of a test to be conducted on a dayother than a Saturday by an examiner appointed under paragraph 1(a) ofregulation 14 is— (a) in the case of a test to drive a motor vehicle in category A orcategory P— (i) £26 if the application for the test is made before 3rd June1991; and (ii) £28.50 if that application is made on or after that date; and (b) in the case of any other test— (i) £19.50 if the application for the test is made before 3rd June1991; and (ii) £21.50 if that application is made on or after that date, save that no fee is payable in respect of a test to be taken in an invalid carriage. (3A) The fee payable in respect of a test to be conducted on a Saturdayby an examiner appointed under paragraph 1(a) of regulation 14is— (a) in the case of a test to drive a motor vehicle in category A orcategory P— (i) £26 if the application for the test is made before 3rd June1991; and (ii) £44 if that application is made on or after that date; and (b) in the case of any other test— (i) £19.50 if the application for the test is made before 3rd June1991; and (ii) £35 if that application is made on or after that date, save that no fee is payable in respect of a test to be taken in an invalid carriage.

• (3) In paragraph (5) of regulation 19 for“£19.50” there shall be substituted“£21.50”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Christopher Chope — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of Transport — 30th April 1991

We approve the making of these Regulations.

Thomas Sackville — Irvine Patnick — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 1st May 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 19 of the Motor Vehicles(Driving Licences) Regulations 1987 so as to—

• (a) increase the fee payable for a driving test; and

• (b) introduce a premium fee for a driving test taken on a Saturday.

The fee for a test to drive a motor bicycle or a moped is increasedfrom £26 to £28.50 in respect of a test taken on a week-day,and from £26 to £44 in respect of a test taken on aSaturday. The fee for any other test conducted by an examiner appointedunder regulation 14(1)(a) is increased from £19.50 to £21.50in respect of a test taken on a week-day, and from £19.50 to£35 in respect of a test taken on a Saturday. The fee for Londontaxi driver tests is increased from £19.50 to £21.50.

No fee is charged in respect of a driving test taken in an invalidcarriage.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: See the definition of“prescribed” and“regulations”.

[^f00002]: 1988 c. 52; section 89(4)(b) is to be read with theDepartment of Transport (Fees) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/643), where therelevant entry is in Schedule 1, Table VI, item 1A. Table VI wasinserted by the Department of Transport (Fees) (Amendment) Order 1991(S.I. 1991/811).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1987/1378; the relevant amending instruments areS.I. 1988/965, 1989/762 and 1990/1115.