The Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2003

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2003/1960

2003 No. 1960

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2003

Made 31th July 2003

Laid before Parliament 31th July 2003

Coming into force 8th August 2003

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 61(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic Act 19881, and of the powers conferred by the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 19882and section 128 of the Finance Act 19903and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and in relation to the exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(1) and (2) of the said 1988 Act, after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 8th August 2003.

S-2 Interpretation and application

Interpretation and application

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;

“the Approval Regulations” means the Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) Regulations 20034;

“approval requirements” has the same meaning as in the Approval Regulations;

“appeal” means an appeal under section 60 of the Act in respect of the determination of an application;

“application” means an application (whether an original application or a further application) under regulation 5 of the Approval Regulations for the issue of a Minister’s approval certificate under section 58 of the Act;

“examination” means an examination for the purposes of an application;

“exceptional circumstances” means an accident, a fire, an epidemic, severe weather, a failure in the supply of essential services or other unexpected happening (excluding a breakdown or mechanical defect in a vehicle or non-delivery of spare parts for that vehicle);

“further application” means an application made in accordance with regulation 5(6) of the Approval Regulations;

“holiday” means any day which is a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day or a Bank Holiday (as defined in the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 19715);

“low power moped” means a vehicle fitted with pedals and an auxiliary engine of a power output not exceeding 1 kilowatt and a maximum speed not exceeding 25 kilometres per hour being a moped within the meaning of the first indent of Article 1(2) of Council Directive 92/61/EECrelating to the type-approval of two or three wheel motor vehicles6as amended by Directive 2000/7/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council7;

“original application” means an application made in accordance with regulation 5(1) to (3) of the Approval Regulations, not being a further application;

“out of hours period” means—

(a) a holiday; or

(b) any part of a day not being a holiday, other than between—

(i) 8.00 am and 5.00 pm on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday; or

(ii) 8.00 am and 4.30 pm on a Friday;

“part”, in relation to a vehicle, includes a system, a separate technical unit and a component;

“re-examination” means an examination for the purposes of an appeal; and

“relevant vehicles” means those vehicles to which the Approval Regulations apply.

(2) These Regulations apply to relevant vehicles.

S-3 Fees for original applications

Fees for original applications

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the fee prescribed for the purposes of regulation 5(3)(b) of the Approval Regulations is—

(a)

(a) £70 in the case of a vehicle which has two wheels other than a low power moped;

(b)

(b) £85 in the case of a vehicle which has three or more wheels other than a low power moped; and

(c)

(c) £45 in the case of a low power moped.

(2) Where at the applicant’s request the time appointed for any examination of a vehicle for the purposes of such an application falls within an out of hours period the fee prescribed by paragraph (1) shall be increased by £20 and such amount shall be payable before the examination is carried out.

S-4 Fees for further applications

Fees for further applications

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the fee prescribed for the purposes of regulation 5(7)(d) of the Approval Regulations is £15.

(2) Any fee which would otherwise be payable by virtue of regulation 5(7)(d) of the Approval Regulations shall not be payable if, by agreement, the vehicle is submitted for examination at the place at which it was previously examined before the end of the fifth day following that previous examination on which the Secretary of State will accept vehicles for examination and the requirements of paragraph (3) are met.

(3) The requirements of this paragraph are that the further application must be due to the original...

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