Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 371

The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) Regulations 1988

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1988 No. 371

ROAD TRAFFIC

The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) Regulations 1988

The Secretary of State for Transport, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973^[1] , and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.

Interpretation
    2.    In these Regulations "TIR design-type approval" means the approval of a vehicle design-type granted in pursuance of Annex 3 to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets of 14th November 1975^[2] and "TIR vehicle approval certificate" means a certificate of approval issued for a vehicle in pursuance of that Annex.

Fees
    3.    The fee for an inspection of a vehicle design-type in connection with the grant of TIR design-type approval shall be—
 (i) £62 where the inspection is of a design-type which is variation of a design-type for which a TIR design-type approval has been granted; and
 (ii) £380 in any other case.

    4.    The fee for the issue of a TIR vehicle approval certificate for a vehicle which is of a design-type for which TIR design-type approval has been granted shall be £5.50.

    5.    The fee for an inspection of a vehicle in connection with the issue of a TIR vehicle approval certificate shall be—
 (i) £42 where the inspection is carried out following refusal of such a certificate for the vehicle; and
 (ii) £60 in any other case.

    6.    An application made to the Secretary of State for a TIR certificate shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee determined in accordance with regulations 3, 4 and 5.

    7.    All fees received under these Regulations shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Peter Bottomley

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport

29th February 1988
We consent to the making of these Regulations

Mark Lennox-Boyd

David Lightbown

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

2nd March 1988

These Regulations prescribe the fees payable in connection with approval of a vehicle design-type and with the issue by the Secretary of State for Transport of a certificate of approval for a vehicle following inspection of the vehicle in pursuance of Annex 3 to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets of 14th November 1975 and the fee for the issue of a certificate for a vehicle which conforms to an approved design-type.

[1] 1973 c. 51. back

[2] Cmnd. 9032. back