The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility (Amendment)(No.2) Regulations 2009

Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 876

Disabled Persons

The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility (Amendment)(No.2) Regulations 2009

Made

2nd April 2009

Laid before Parliament

8th April 2009

Coming into force

3rd May 2009

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45(1) and 67 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995(1) and by virtue of the Department for Transport (Fees) Order 2009(2).

In accordance with section 45(4) of that Act he has consulted such representative organisations as he thinks fit.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility (Amendment)(No.2) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 3rd May 2009.

Increases in fees

2.—(1) The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000(3) are amended as follows.

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

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Regulation	Existing Amount (£)	Substituted Amount (£)
7(2)(a)(i)	47	51
7(2)(a)(ii)	95	104
7(2)(b)(i)	16	17
7(2)(b)(ii)	33	36
12(2)(a)	168	183
12(2)(b)	336	366
12(4)(a)	16	17
12(4)(b)	32	35
12(5)(a)	83	90
12(5)(b)	166	181
12(6)(a)	368	401
12(6)(b)	725	790
17	16	17
18(5)	12	13

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Jim Fitzpatrick

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

2nd April 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 (“the 2000 Regulations”). The 2000 Regulations apply to single-deck and double-deck buses and to single-deck and double-deck coaches, where such vehicles are used to provide local and scheduled services and have a capacity of more than twenty-two passengers.

The fees for accessibility certificates, approval as type vehicles, conformity certificates and duplicate certificates are specified in regulations 7, 12, 17 and 18 of the 2000 Regulations. Regulation 2 amends the prescribed fees, which are set out in the Table. The percentage increases since the fees were last fixed are shown in brackets.

Table

Nature of service	Existing fee (£)	Substituted fee (£)
First application for an accessibility certificate in respect of the vehicle—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	47	51 (8.5%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	95	104 (9.5%)
Any subsequent application for an accessibility certificate in respect of the vehicle—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	16	17 (6.3%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	33	36 (9.1%)
Application for approval of a vehicle as a type vehicle of a vehicle that conforms substantially to a vehicle already approved as a type vehicle or has a chassis or body that conforms to the chassis or body of a vehicle already approved as a type vehicle—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with only one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	168	183 (8.9%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	336	366 (8.9%)
Application for approval of a vehicle as a type vehicle of a vehicle that conforms substantially to a vehicle already approved as a type vehicle, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the vehicle conforms (except in unimportant details) to a vehicle already approved as a type vehicle and no inspection of the vehicle is made—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with only one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	16	17 (6.3%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	32	35 (9.4%)
Application for approval of a vehicle as a type vehicle if a vehicle has a body and a chassis which has formed parts of different vehicles which have already been approved as type vehicles—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with only one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	83	90 (8.4%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	166	181 (9.0%)
Application for approval as a type vehicle in any other case—
(a) where the vehicle is required to comply with only one of Schedules 1, 2 or 3; or	368	401 (9.0%)
(b) where the vehicle is required to comply with either Schedules 1 and 2 or Schedules 1 and 3.	725	790 (9.0%)
Issue of a conformity certificate.	16	17 (6.3%)
Issue of duplicate accessibility or conformity certificate.	12	13 (8.3%)

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: [phone]). 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)

1995 c.50; section 67(1) was amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c.13), Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraphs 1, and 33(1) and (2).

(2)

S.I. 2009/711. The relevant provisions in S.I. 2009/711 are article 8 and paragraphs 48 to 51 of Schedule 1, together with article 9 and Schedule 2.

(3)

S.I. 2000/1970, amended by S.I. 2003/1818, 2004/1881, 2007/500 and 2008/1459.