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The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008


Published: 2008-06-13

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Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 1580

Road Traffic
The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Made
13th June 2008

Laid before Parliament
17th June 2008

Coming into force
13th July 2008

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1) and by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(2).

In relation to the exercise of her powers under the Finance Act 1973 she has the consent of the Treasury.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 13th July 2008.

Increases in fees

2.—(1) The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnet (Fees) Regulations 1988(3) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In the regulations specified in column (1) of the Table below, for each amount specified in column (2) substitute the amount specified in column (3).

Table

(1)
(2)
(3)

Regulation
Existing Amount (£)
Substituted Amount (£)

3(i)
92
97

3(ii)
563
591

5(i)
61
64

5(ii)
92
97

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
5th June 2008

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Steve McCabe
Dave Watts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
13th June 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) Regulations 1988 (“the 1988 Regulations”). The 1988 Regulations prescribe the fees payable in connection with the approval of a road vehicle design-type, and with the issue of a certificate of approval for a road vehicle, in pursuance of Annex 3 to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets of 14 November 1975. “TIR” is the acronym for “Transport Internationaux Routiers”.

Regulation 2 makes amendments to the prescribed fees which are set out in the Table below. The percentage increases since the fees were last fixed are shown in brackets.

Table

Nature of service
Existing fee (£)
Substituted fee (£)

Inspection of a vehicle design type in connection with the grant of TIR design-type approval where the inspection is of a design-type which is a variation of a design-type for which a TIR design-type approval has been granted
92
97 (5.4%)

Inspection of a TIR vehicle design-type in connection with the grant of TIR design-type approval in any other case
563
591 (5%)

Inspection of a vehicle in connection with the issue of a TIR vehicle approval certificate where the inspection is carried out following refusal of such a certificate for the vehicle
61
64 (4.9%)

Inspection of a vehicle in connection with the issue of a TIR vehicle approval certificate in any other case
92
97 (5.4%)

The fee for the issue of a TIR vehicle approval certificate for a vehicle which is of a design-type for which TIR design-type approval has been granted and the fee for the issue of a duplicate of such certificate remains unchanged at £13 (regulation 4 of the 1988 Regulations).

An impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the VOSA Corporate Office, Berkeley House, Croydon Street, Bristol BS5 0DA (telephone: 0117 954 3200). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. The impact assessment is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website www.opsi.gov.uk.

(1)
1973 c. 51.

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

(3)
S.I. 1988/371; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/459, 1992/715, 1993/3068, 2000/1464, 2001/1811, 2002/539, 2003/1813, 2004/1911, 2005/2457 and 2007/632.