Statutory Instruments
1997 No. 158

ROAD TRAFFIC
The International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

Made
23rd January 1997

Laid before Parliament
5th February 1997

Coming into force
3rd March 1997

The Secretary of State for Transport, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1) and the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd March 1997.

2.—(1) The International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Fees) Regulations 1988(3) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In the regulations specified in column (1) of the Table below for the amounts specified in column (2) of the Table there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column (3) of the Table.

TABLE

(1)
(2)
(3)

Regulation
Existing Amount
Substituted Amount

3(a)
£98.80
£64

3(b)
£98.80
£64

4(2)
£49.40
£32

5(2)
£98.80
£64

6
£5.70
£5.50

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

John Bowis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
20th January 1997

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Bowen Wells
Richard Ottaway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
23rd January 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Fees) Regulations 1988 (“the 1988 Regulations”).
Regulation 2 makes the following amendments to the fees prescribed by the 1988 Regulations.
(a)The fee payable where a first inspection in relation to an application for an ADR certificate is carried out on the same day as an examination under the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988, is reduced from £98.80 to £64. The fee for a first inspection in any other case is reduced from £98.80 to £64 plus the amount which would be payable in respect of an examination under those Regulations.
(b)Where a vehicle fails to pass an inspection and arrangements are made for a further inspection to be carried out not more than 14 days after the first inspection, the additional fee payable is reduced from £49.40 to £32.
(c)The fee for the issue of a copy of an ADR certificate which has been lost or destroyed is reduced from £5.70 to £5.50.


(1)
1973 c. 51.

(2)
S.I. 1988/643, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51). The relevant reference in S.I. 1988/643 is Table II of Schedule 1.

(3)
S.I. 1988/370, amended by S.I. 1991/458, 1992/714 and 1993/3067.