Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) 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 61(1), 66(1) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[^f00001] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel[^f00002], hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2002.

Amendment of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985

2

In the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985[^f00003] for Schedule 7 there shall be substituted—

SCHEDULE 7 (1) Fee payable with initial application for a vehicle licence (see regulation 5(3))

(2) Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence (see regulation 9(2))

(3) Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence made within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal (see regulation 9(3))

(4) Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence made under regulation 9(4) within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal (see regulation 9(5))

(5) Fee payable for a duplicate vehicle licence (see regulation 12(1))

Revocation

3

The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996[^f00004] and the Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001[^f00005] are herby 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 these regulations.

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 Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 by increasing the fee payable—

• (1) For an initial or re-application for a vehicle licence for—

• (a) Buses—

• Class I, II and III, from £46·50 to £60·50;

• Class IA, from £54·00 to £72·00;

• Class IIA, from £63·50 to £83·50; and

• Class IIIA, from £73·00 to £94·50;

• (b) Taxi, from £33·50 to £38·50.

• (2) For a re-application for a vehicle licence made within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal for—

• (a) Buses, all Classes, from £13·50 to £18·50; and

• (b) Taxi, from £12·00 to £16·50.

• (3) For a re-application under regulation 9(4) within 21 days from the date of the service of the notice of refusal for—

• Buses— Class IA, from £13·50 to £18·50; Class IIA, from £23·00 to £30·00; and Class IIIA from £32·50 to £42·00. The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and the Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 are revoked.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department” and “prescribed”

[^f00002]: Formerly the Department of Finance. See S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6), Article 3

[^f00003]: S.R. 1985 No. 123; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1995 No. 446, S.R. 1996 No. 143, S.R. 1998 No. 76, S.R. 2000 No. 149 and S.R. 2001 No. 244

[^f00004]: S.R. 1996 No. 143

[^f00005]: S.R. 2001 No. 244