Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1121

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

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1991 No. 1121

ROAD TRAFFIC

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

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

    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 3rd June 1991.

    2.—(1)  The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987^[3] shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

    (2)  In regulation 19 (Fees in respect of tests) for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—
"  (3)  The fee payable in respect of a test to be conducted on a day other than a Saturday by an examiner appointed under paragraph 1(a) of regulation 14 is—
(a) in the case of a test to drive a motor vehicle in category A or category P—
(i) £26 if the application for the test is made before 3rd June 1991; 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 June 1991; 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 Saturday by an examiner appointed under paragraph 1(a) of regulation 14 is—
(a) in the case of a test to drive a motor vehicle in category A or category P—
(i) £26 if the application for the test is made before 3rd June 1991; 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 June 1991; 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 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

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 increased from £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 a Saturday. The fee for any other test conducted by an examiner appointed under regulation 14(1)(a) is increased from £19.50 to £21.50 in 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 London taxi driver tests is increased from £19.50 to £21.50.

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

[1] See the definition of"prescribed" and"regulations" . back

[2] 1988 c. 52; section 89(4)(b) is to be read with the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/643), where the relevant entry is in Schedule 1, Table VI, item 1A. Table VI was inserted by the Department of Transport (Fees) (Amendment) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/811). back

[3] S.I. 1987/1378; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/965, 1989/762 and 1990/1115. back