Title, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 11th July 1990.

(2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Fees) Regulations 1979(2).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.-(1) The definition of "test" in regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations shall be omitted.

(2) In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations, in the definition of "tractor" and "tractor component", for "the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) Regulations 1979" there shall be substituted "the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) Regulations 1988"(3).

(3) In regulation 2(2) of the principal Regulations, for "1979" there shall be substituted "1988".

3. There shall be inserted after regulation 3 of the principal Regulations the following regulations-�

"3A. Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, where a tractor or tractor component is submitted by one applicant for there to be carried out on such tractor or tractor component either of the tests identified by fee numbers 17 and 23 in column 1 of Part B of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, the fee to be paid for each such test shall be-�

(a)where the test is to be carried out at an official testing station by an officer of the Minister or a person appointed by the Minister to act on his behalf, the aggregate of-�

(i)the amount specified as the First Item in Part A of Schedule 1, and

(ii)the amount specified in relation to that test in column 4 of Part B of Schedule 1; or

(b)where the test is to be carried out on other premises under the supervision of an officer of the Minister or a person appointed by the Minister to act on his behalf, the aggregate of-�

(i)the amount specified as the Second Item in Part A of Schedule 1, and

(ii)the amount specified in relation to that test in column 5 of Part B of Schedule 1.

Fees for tests-reduced scale

3B. Where a tractor or tractor component is submitted by one applicant for there to be carried out on such tractor or tractor component a series of not more than four tests for each of which the fee number in column 1 of Part B of Schedule 1 to these Regulations is marked with an asterisk, the fee to be paid for that series of tests shall be-�

(a)where the test is to be carried out at an official testing station by an officer of the Minister or a person appointed by the Minister to act on his behalf, the amount specified as the First Item in Part A of Schedule 1 only, or

(b)where the test is to be carried out on other premises under the supervision of an officer of the Minister or a person appointed by the Minister to act on his behalf, the amount specified as the Second Item in Part A of Schedule 1 only.".

4. For Schedules 1 and 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the provisions of the Schedule to these Regulations.

Revocation

5. The Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1985(4) are hereby revoked.

Regulation 4

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULES 1 AND 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

Regulations 3, 3A and 3B

"SCHEDULE 1FEES FOR TESTING AGRICULTURAL OR FORESTRY TRACTORS AND TRACTOR COMPONENTS

PART A-BASIC FEES

First Item (see regulations 3(a)(i), 3A(a)(i) and 3B(a)) ... ... ... ... £357

Second Item (see regulations 3(b)(i), 3A(b)(i) and 3B (b)) ... ... ... ... £414

PART B-SUPPLEMENTARY FEES

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 2FEES FOR THE ISSUE OF DOCUMENTS

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Fees) Regulations 1979 ("the 1979 Regulations").

The definition of "test" in regulation 2 of the 1979 Regulations is omitted (regulation 2). Provision is made for increased fees for two tests (fee numbers 17 and 23), and reduced fees, where up to four tests are carried out in one examination, for certain tests (fee numbers marked with an asterisk) (regulation 3). Fees are introduced for ten additional tests, and the scale of fees is revised to reflect changes in the cost of testing since 1985 when the 1979 Regulations were last amended (regulation 4 and the Schedule). Some individual fees are reduced but most are increased so that (including the Basic fee) the cost of examinations is increased by between 55% and 297%.

The fees for the issue of documents are unchanged, but provision is made for a fee to be charged for the issue (for the purpose of an application for a type approval certificate) of a report based on tests to standards of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.