
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Fees) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 25th October 1991.
2 

(1) In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires—
 “certificate” means, in respect of a tractor, a type approval certificate and in respect of a tractor component, a component type approval certificate issued for the purposes of a Community Directive;
 “Community Directive” means a Directive issued by the Council or Commission of the European Communities concerning the approximation of the laws of member States relating to the type approval of tractors or tractor components, being a Directive specified in column 2 of Part B of Schedule 1;
 “examination” means an examination, comprising one or more tests of the subject matter specified in column 3 of Part B of Schedule 1, which is required to be carried out for the purposes of the 1988 Regulations;
 “official testing station” means premises established or approved by the Minister for the testing of tractors or tractor components for the purposes of a Community Directive;
 “the 1988 Regulations” means the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) Regulations 1988; and
 “tractor” and “tractor component” mean, respectively, an agricultural or forestry tractor and a tractor component to which the 1988 Regulations apply.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (1) and (2) above, expressions used in these Regulations and in the 1988 Regulations have the same meanings in these Regulations as in those.
3 
Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the fee to be paid for the carrying out or supervision by or on behalf of the Minister of an examination of a tractor or tractor component in connection with the issue of a certificate shall be—
(a) where the examination 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 (if any) or the aggregate of the amounts specified in column 4 of Part B of Schedule 1 in relation to such of the tests specified in column 3 of that Part as is or are to be carried out; or
(b) where the examination 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 (if any) or the aggregate of the amounts specified in column 5 of Part B of Schedule I in relation to such of the tests specified in column 3 of that Part as is or are to be carried out.
4 

(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, where a tractor or tractor component is submitted for examination for there to be carried out thereon either of the tests identified by fee numbers 17 and 24 in column 1 of Part B of Schedule 1, the fee to be paid in respect of each such test shall be—
(a) where the examination 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 the relevant test in column 4 of Part B of Schedule 1; or
(b) where the examination 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 the relevant test in column 5 of Part B of Schedule 1.
(2) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, where a tractor or tractor component is submitted for examination for there to be carried out thereon any of the tests identified by fee numbers 32 to 42 inclusive in column 1 of Part B of Schedule 1, the fee to be paid in respect of each such test shall be the aggregate of—
(a) the amount specified as the First Item in Part A of Schedule 1, and
(b) the amount specified in relation to the relevant test in column 4 of Part B of Schedule 1.
5 
Where a tractor or tractor component is submitted for examination for there to be carried out thereon a series of not more than four tests for each of which the fee number in column 1 of Part B of Schedule 1 is marked with an asterisk, the fee to be paid in respect of that series of tests shall be—
(a) where the examination 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 examination 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.
6 
Where more than one tractor or tractor component of the same type but embodying minor variations are submitted for examination by the same applicant with a view to the examinations being carried out consecutively on each tractor or tractor component and the circumstances are such that the examinations can be carried out without the testing apparatus being set up afresh after each examination, the fee to be paid for the carrying out of each examination after the first one shall be such proportion of the fee payable for the first examination as the Minister considers to be appropriate in view of the work involved in carrying out each subsequent examination.
7 

(1) Where in consequence of an alteration in the design specification of a tractor or tractor component in relation to which a certificate has been issued a further examination of the tractor or tractor component is needed with a view to the issue of a modification of a certificate, but the alteration is not so extensive as to require that the further examination shall be as complete as the original examination, the fee to be paid for the carrying out of the further examination shall be such proportion of the fee payable for a complete examination as the Minister considers to be appropriate in view of the nature and extent of the further examination.
(2) Where more than one tractor or tractor component of the same type but embodying minor variations are submitted for examination by the same applicant and the circumstances are such that it is unnecessary to submit each individual tractor or tractor component to a complete examination, the fee to be paid for the carrying out of a partial examination of a tractor or tractor component shall be such proportion of the fee payable for a complete examination as the Minister considers to be appropriate in view of the nature and extent of the partial examination.
8 
The fee for the issue of a document of a type specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 shall be the amount specified in relation to that document in column 3 of that Schedule.
9 

(1) The fee for the carrying out or supervision of an examination of a tractor or tractor component shall be paid when application is made for the issue of a certificate for the tractor or tractor component in question.
(2) The fee for the issue of a document of a type specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 shall be paid—
(a) in a case where the examination of a tractor or tractor component is required before the document is issued, when the applicant is notified of the result of the examination, and
(b) in any other case, when application is made for the issue of the document.
10 

(1) Subject to regulation 11, if an applicant—
(a) withdraws his application after he has been notified of the time and place for the examination, or
(b) does not submit the tractor or tractor component for examination at the time and place fixed therefor,
the Minister shall refund to him the amount of the fee which he has paid under these Regulations less £40 (in respect of the work involved in dealing with the application and making arrangements for the examination).
(2) If an appointment for the examination of a tractor or tractor component is cancelled at the instance of the Minister and no alternative appointment acceptable to the applicant is offered to him, the Minister shall refund to the applicant the whole of the fee paid by him.
11 
Where an applicant for the issue of a certificate for a tractor or tractor component does not wish or is unable to submit that tractor or tractor component for examination at the time and place appointed but is able to submit for examination at that time and place some other tractor or tractor component which can conveniently be fitted into the programme of examinations being carried out at that place and in respect of which tractor or tractor component he has made an application for a certificate, he shall be entitled to have the sum which he originally paid, adjusted by way of refund or additional payment so as to secure that the appropriate fee is paid for the examination which actually takes place, applied in payment of the fee for that examination instead of receiving a refund under regulation 10(1).
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The Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Fees) Regulations 1979 and the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 are hereby revoked.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
6th September 1991.Michael Forsyth
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
17th September 1991David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
12th September 1991We consent to the making of these Regulations.
Sydney Chapman
Irvine Patnick
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
9th September 1991
SCHEDULE 1
Regulations 2(1), 3, 4(1) and (2) and 5
PART A
First Item (see regulations 3(a)(i), 4(1)(a)(i), 4(2)(a) and 5(a))  £394

Second Item (see regulations 3(b)(i), 4(1)(b)(i) and 5(b))  £452

PART B—

1 2 2a 3 4 5
Fee number Directive Official Journal reference Subject matter of tests Fee for examination at official testing station Fee for examination at other premises
    £ £
1* 74/151/EEC (Annex I) OJNo. L84, 29.3.74, p.25 Maximum permissible laden weight 192 166
2* 74/151/EEC (Annex II)  Location and fitting of rear registration plate 143 143
3* 74/151/EEC (Annex III)  Tank for liquid fuel 166 166
4* 74/151/EEC (Annex IV)  Ballast weights 155 143
5 74/151/EEC (Annex V)  Audible warning device 265 213
6 74/151/EEC (Annex VI)74/152/EEC OJ No. L84, 28.3.74, p.33 Permissible sound level and maximum design speed 390 293
7 74/152/EEC  Maximum design speed 293 293
8* 74/152/EEC  Load platform 192 166
9 74/346/EEC OJ No. L191, 15.7.74, p.1 Rear view mirror 213 213
10 74/347/EEC OJ No. L191, 15.7.74, p.5 Field of vision (by measurement) 1,007 466
   Field of vision (by calculation) 466 466
11 75/321/EEC OJ No. L147, 9.6.75, p.24 Steering equipment 1,744 812
12 75/322/EEC OJ No. L147, 9.6.75, p.28 Radio interference suppressor 0 0
13 76/432/EEC OJ No. L122, 8.5.76, p.1 Braking devices 2,091 1,159
14 76/763/EEC OJ No. L262, 27.9.76, p.135 Passenger seat 213 213
15 77/311/EEC (Annex I) OJ No. L105, 28.4.77, p.1 Driver-perceived noise level 2,091 1,159
16 77/311/EEC (Annex II)  Driver-perceived noise level 1,181 812
17 77/536/EEC OJ No. L220, 29.8.77, p.1 Roll-over protection structure (dynamic test) 2,091 812
18 77/537/EEC OJ No. L220, 29.8.77, p.38 Emission of pollutants 1,279 812
19 78/764/EEC OJ No. L255, 18.9.78, p.1 Drivers' seat 2,047 812
20 78/933/EEC OJ No. L325, 20.11.78, p.16 Lights and light signalling (installation) 661 466
21 79/532/EEC OJ No. L145, 13.6.79, p.16 Lights and light signalling (components) 166 166
22* 79/533/EEC (Annex I) OJ No. L145, 13.6.79, p.20 Coupling device 213 213
23* 79/533/EEC (Annex II)  Reverse 143 143
24 79/622/EEC OJ No. L179, 17.7.79, p.1 Roll-over protection structure (Static testing) 2,091 1,159
25 80/720/EEC OJ No. L194, 28.7.80, p.1 Operating space, access to driving space etc. 213 213
26 86/297/EEC OJ No. L186, 8.7.86, p.19 Power take-offs 213 213
27 86/298/EEC OJ No. L186, 8.7.86, p.26 Roll-over protective structure “narrow-track” rear mounted 2,091 812
28 86/415/EEC OJ No. L240, 26.8.86, p.1 Controls-installation, operation and identification 293 293
29 87/402/EEC OJ No. L220, 8.8.87, p.1 Roll-over protective structure “narrow-track” front mounted 5,297 4,712
30 89/173/EEC (Annex I) OJ No. L67, 10.3.89, p.1 Dimensions and towable masses 293 293
31 89/173/EEC (Annex II)  Speed governors and protection of drive components, projections and wheels 812 812
32 89/173/EEC (Annex III)  Toughened glass windscreens (I) 1,417 —
33 89/173/EEC (Annex III)  Toughened glass windscreens (I/P) 2,005 —
34 89/173/EEC (Annex III) Ordinary laminated glass windscreens (II) 1,965 —
35 89/173/EEC (Annex III)  Ordinary laminated glass windscreens (II/P) 2,552 —
36 89/173/EEC (Annex III)  Treated laminated glass windscreens (III) 2,059 —
37 89/173/EEC (Annex III)  Treated laminated glass windscreens (III/P) 2,646 —
38 89/173/EEC (Annex III)  Glass-plastic windscreens (IV) 1,564 —
39 89/173/EEC (Annex III)  Universally heat treated glass used as windscreens 1,090 —
40 89/173/EEC (Annex III)  Toughened glass other than windscreens 585 —
41 89/173/EEC (Annex III)  Laminated glass other than windscreens 807 —
42 89/173/EEC (Annex III)  Glass-plastic other than windscreens 807 —
43 89/173/EEC (Annex III)  Additional test on double-glazed units with approved glass
0 —
44 89/173/EEC (Annex IV)  Coupling device (static test) 2,827 1,159
45 89/173/EEC (Annex IV)  Coupling device (dynamic test) 4,002 1,852
46 89/173/EEC (Annex V)  Statutory plates and inscriptions to the body of the tractor 166 166
47 89/173/EEC (Annex IV)  Brake control for towed vehicles 166 166
SCHEDULE 2
Regulations 8 and 9(2)


1 2 3
Fee number Description of document Fee for each document
  £
48 Type approval or component type approval certificate 50
49 Modification of a type approval or component type approval certificate (where no examination is involved) 516
50 Duplicate of a type of approval or component type approval certificate or modification thereof 50
51 Type of approval or component type approval certificate based on tests to British Standards specifications, OECD recommendations or standards of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 862