The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009

Made: 2nd April 2009

Laid before Parliament: 8th April 2009

Coming into force: 3rd May 2009

In accordance with section 61(2) of that Act he has consulted with such representative organisations as he thinks fit.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 3rd May 2009.

Preliminary

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The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981[^f00003] are amended as follows.

Increases in fees

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In the regulations specified in column (1) of the Table, for each amount specified in column (2) substitute the amount specified in column (3).

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Jim Fitzpatrick — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 2nd April 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981 (“the 1981 Regulations”).

Regulation 3makes amendments to regulations 46(2), 50, 53 and 57(5) of the 1981 Regulations. Regulation 46(2) prescribes the fees payable for inspections of public service vehicles. Regulation 50 prescribes the fees payable for vehicle type approval. Regulation 53 prescribes the fee payable for a certificate of conformity. Regulation 57(5) prescribes the fee payable for the issue of a duplicate certificate.

The increased fees are set out in the Table. The percentage increases since the fees were last fixed are shown in brackets.

An 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 0DA (telephone: 0117 954 3200). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. The impact assessment is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website www.opsi.gov.uk .

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1981 c.14; section 10(1) was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 4, paragraph 15. Section 52(1) was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) (“the 1985 Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 7, Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 4(14) and Schedule 8, and by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), section 66(2). Section 60(1) was amended by the 1985 Act, section 134(2), Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 4(18) and Schedule 8. Section 60(1A) was inserted by the 1985 Act, section 134(2). Section 61(2) was amended by the 1985 Act, section 135(1) and Schedule 8.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2009/711. The relevant provisions in S.I. 2009/711 are article 4 and paragraphs 4 to 6 of Schedule 1, together with article 9 and Schedule 2.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1981/257; relevant amending instruments are 1988/340, 2003/1817, 2004/1880, 2005/1403 and 2342, 2007/502 and 2008/1458.