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The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule

Publication 2023-09-05

Last updated 2023-10-01

State In force

Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

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Made: 5th September 2023

Coming into operation -: 1st October 2023

The Department for Infrastructure[^f00001], makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 61(1)(a), 66(1)(a) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[^f00002] and now vested in it[^f00003].

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2023.

Amendment of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations

2

For Schedule 7 to the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985[^f00004] (fees for vehicle licences) substitute—

SCHEDULE7

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

Class I	£102.50
Class II	£102.50
Class III	£102.50
Class IA	£114.50
Class IIA	£127.00
Class IIIA	£139.00

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

Class I	£102.50
Class II	£102.50
Class III	£102.50
Class IA	£114.50
Class IIA	£127.00
Class IIIA	£139.00

*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))*	*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))*

All Classes	£38.00

*4. Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence made under regulation 9(4) within 21 days from the service of the notice of refusal (see regulation 9(5) and (6))*	*4. Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence made under regulation 9(4) within 21 days from the service of the notice of refusal (see regulation 9(5) and (6))*

Class IA	£38.00
Class IIA	£38.00
Class IIIA	£38.00

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

All Classes	£10.00

Revocation

3

The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland 2009[^f00005] are revoked.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 5th September 2023

Chris Hughes — A senior officer of the Department for Infrastructure

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 in order to amend the fees payable in respect of applications for public service vehicle licences.

The fees payable for an initial application for a vehicle licence under regulation 5(3) or for a further application under regulation 9(2) are amended as follows-

(a) Class I, II and III, the fee is increased from £90.50 to £102.50,

(b) Class IA, the fee is increased from £102.50 to £114.50,

(d) Class IIIA, the fee is increased from £127.00 to £139.00.

The fee payable for a further application for a vehicle licence under regulation 9(3) made within 21 days from the date of the service of a notice of refusal is increased from £19.50 to £38.00 for all classes.

The fees payable for a further application for a vehicle licence under regulation 9(4) made within 21 days from the date of the service of a notice of refusal are amended as follows-

(a) Class IA, the fee is increased from £19.50 to £38.00,

(b) Class IIA, the fee is increased from £32.00 to £38.00, and

The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 are revoked.

An Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment have been produced and are available from Safe and Accessible Travel Division, Department for Infrastructure, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or online alongside this Regulation at http//www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment is dissolved

[^f00002]: S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); Article 61 was amended by S.I. 1984/1986 (N.I. 15), Article 7 and Article 66 was amended by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Article 9(1) and Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 7 and S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10), Article 79(3)(b), and Schedule 8, Part 1

[^f00003]: See Article 8(1)(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76)

[^f00004]: S.R. 1985 No. 123; Schedule 7 was substituted by S.R. 2009 No. 72, regulation 2

[^f00005]: S.R. 2009 No. 72

Editorial notes

[^key-2eeaad3124000db30e0e11cbf1badd57]: Reg. 1 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1

[^key-518f3df18a2dd4357af08b96915c9d5c]: Reg. 2 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1

[^key-e9009c2e96cd2fc161d4bf79e41a49ee]: Reg. 3 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1

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