Statutory Instruments
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT
Made
5th November 1993
Laid before Parliament
8th November 1993
Coming into force
1st December 1993
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 52(1) and 60(1)(e) and (1A) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 ("the 1981 Act")(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 61(2) of the 1981 Act (2), hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st December 1993.
2. The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) Regulations 1986(3) shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3. In the regulations specified in column 1 of the Table below for the amounts specified in column 2 there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column 3 of the Table.
(1) | (2) | (3) |
---|---|---|
Regulation | Existing Amount | Substituted Amount |
12(1)(b) | £30 | £38 |
12(2)(b) | £27 | £38 |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Roger Freeman
Minister of State,
Department of Transport
5th November 1993
(This note is not part of the Regulation)
These Regulations further amend the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) Regulations 1986.
By section 6 of the Transport Act 1985, particulars of local services are required to be registered with the traffic commissioner for any traffic area in which there is a stopping place for that service.
The fee for an application to register particulars of or vary the registered particulars of a community bus service, other than a service provided under an agreement providing for service subsidies, remains unchanged at £10.
The fee for an application to register particulars of a service in any other case is increased from £30 to £38 and the fee for an application to vary the registered particulars of such a service is increased from £27 to £38.
These fees were last increased in 1988.
1981 c. 14; section 52(1) was applied and amended by section 126(1) of, and by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1, paragraph 4(14) of Part II of Schedule 2 and Schedule 8 to, the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) ("the 1985 Act"); section 60 has effect as if Parts I and II of the 1985 Act were contained in the 1981 Act by virtue of section 134(1) of the 1985 Act; section 60(1) was amended by section 134(2)(a) of, and by paragraph 4(18) of Part II of Schedule 2, paragraph 21(9) of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 to, the 1985 Act; section 60(1A) was inserted by section 134(2)(b) of the 1985 Act."Prescribed" is defined in section 82(1) of the 1981 Act.
Section 61(2) was amended by section 135(1) of and Schedule 8 to the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) ("the 1985 Act"); section 61 has effect as if Parts I and II of the 1985 Act were contained in the 1981 Act by virtue of section 135(1) of the 1985 Act.