
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment)(No. 3) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force–
(a) for the purposes of regulations 8, 9 and 10 on 1st November 1991, and
(b) for all other purposes on 1st August 1991.
2 
The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 shall be further amended in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.
3 
In regulation 3(1) before the definition of “company” there shall be inserted the following definition–“
 “Community Recording Equipment Regulation” has the meaning given in section 85 of the Road Traffic Act 1988;”.
4 
In regulation 20–
(a) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted–“
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, the fee payable for an examination of a vehicle pursuant to an application made under regulation 12 is–
(a) in the case of a motor bicycle not having a side car attached to it, £10.00;
(b) in the case of a vehicle in Class III or a motor bicycle with a side car attached to it, £16.65;
(c) in the case of a vehicle in Class IV, £16.65;
(d) in the case of a vehicle in Class V, £19.30;
(e) save as provided in paragraph (4), in the case of a vehicle in Class VI–
(i) if the vehicle is constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 passengers, £40.60,
(ii) in any other case, £28.30;
(f) in the case of a vehicle in Class VII, £19.30.”;
(b) paragraph (3)(b) shall be omitted;
(c) after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted–“
(3A) No fee shall be payable for the re-examination of a vehicle other than in Class VI if–
(a) the vehicle is re-examined at the same vehicle testing station where the vehicle failed the examination before the end of the next day following the examination on which the examiner, designated council or the Secretary of State (as the case may be) will accept vehicles for examination; and
(b) the re-examination relates only to one or more of the following requirements specified in Schedule 2–
(i) audible warning instruments,
(ii) (irection indicators,
(iii) lamps,
(iv) rear retro reflectors,
(v) seat belts, or
(vi) windscreen cleaning.”; and
(d) for paragraph (7)(c) there shall be substituted–“
(c) the re-examination relates only to one or more of the following requirements specified in Schedule 2–
(i) audible warning instruments,
(ii) bumpers,
(iii) cleanliness of body,
(iv) (irection indicators,
(v) field of vision,
(vi) fire extinguishing apparatus,
(vii) first aid equipment,
(viii) hazard warning signal device,
(ix) lamps,
(x) markings of doors,
(xi) markings of emergency exits,
(xii) markings of fuel tanks and carburettors,
(xiii) mirrors,
(xiv) rear retro reflectors,
(xv) spare wheel carrier,
(xvi) speed limiter and plate,
(xvii) speedometer,
(xviii) windscreen cleaning, and
(xix) the specified requirements of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation.”.
5 
In regulation 23(2) for the words “a fee of” and paragraphs (a), (aa), (b) and (c) there shall be substituted–“
(a) in the case of Class VI vehicle, a fee of £8.80; and
(b) in any other case, a fee which is calculated as half of the relevant fee specified in regulation 20(1), provided that when that calculation would have the result of the amount payable including a fraction of a penny then the amount shall be adjusted downwards to the nearest penny;”.
6 
In regulation 25(2) for “£35.50” there shall be substituted “£44.50”.
7 
In Schedule 2–
(a) in paragraph 2(b) after item 21 there shall be inserted the following item–
 “21A 61 Emissions”; and
(b) in paragraph 2(f) the words “(as defined in section 85 of the 1988 Act)” shall be omitted.
8 
In regulation 3(1) in the definition of “light motor vehicle” the words “or more” shall be omitted.
9 
In regulation 20–
(a) in paragraph (1), as substituted by regulation 4(a) above–
(i) in sub-paragraph (c) for “£16.65” there shall be substituted “£20.00”; and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (f) for “£19.30” there shall be substituted “£22.60”; and
(b) in paragraph (3A)(b), as inserted by regulation 4(c) above, before paragraph (iii) there shall be inserted “(iiA) emissions,”.
10 
In Schedule 2–
(a) after item 9 there shall be added the following item–
 “9A 61 Emissions”;
(b) in paragraph 2(a) for “items 1 to 16” there shall be substituted “items 1 to 9 and 10 to 16”; and
(c) in paragraph 3 for “items 1 to 8 and 10 to 16” there shall be substituted “items 1 to 8 and 9A to 16”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Christopher Chope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
4th July 1991