ROAD TRAFFIC 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 31st October 1989. 2 The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 shall be further amended as follows. 3 1 The Table preceding regulation 12 shall be omitted. 2 In regulation 12 – a in paragraph 1(1), for the words “as indicated in the Table on page 12 ”there shall be substituted the words “and, subject to paragraph (1A) below, shall be in writing”; and b after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph – 1A An application for a re-examination of a vehicle in Class VI under these Regulations need not be in writing if the application is made before the expiration of 28 days after the last examination. . 4 1 Regulation 20 shall be amended as follows. 2 For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) there shall be substituted – a if the application is one to which regulation 12(1) applies (not being an application for an re-examination), at the time the application is made; . 3 In paragraph(2)(b), for the words before sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the words “if the application is one to which Regulation 12(2) applies or, in the case of an application for a re-examination, is one to which Regulation 12(1) and (1A) applies –”. 4 After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph – 2A Where, in the case of a vehicle in Class VI, the date appointed for an examination is, at the request of the applicant, a Saturday, the fee payable for the examination shall be increased by £24.50 in the case of a vehicle which is constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 passengers, and £18.00 in any other case, such additional amount being payable on or before the date of the appointment. . 5 For paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph – 4 Where, on an examination of a vehicle of a description specified in column 1 of the Table, it is found that some or all of the prescribed statutory requirements are not complied with, or when in the circumstances mentioned in Regulation 16, a full examination of the braking system or systems of the vehicle is not carried out, then the fee payable in respect of a further examination shall – a in a case where the date appointed for the further examination is, at the request of the applicant a Saturday, be as shown in column 3 of the Table in relation to a vehicle of that description, and b in any other case, be as shown in column 2 of the Table in relation to a vehicle of that description. TABLE FEES RELATING TO THE RE-EXAMINATION OF VEHICLES IN CLASS VI Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Description of vehicle Normal fee Saturday Fee Vehicles in Class VI constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 passengers. a £17.75, if the vehicle is sumitted for a further exaination within 14 days of the date of the issue of the notice of refusal of a test certificate, or a £30, in the circumstances described in paragraph (a) of the entry in column 2, or b £36.25, in any other case. b £60.75 in any other case. Other vehicles in Class VI a £12.50, if the vehicle is submitted for a further examination within 14 days of the date of the issue of the notice of refusal of a test certificate, or a £21.50, in the circustances described in paragraph (a) of the entry in column 2, or, b £25.25, in any other case. b £43.25, in any other case. . 6 In paragraph (5B)(ii), for the words “the said fee” onwards there shall be substituted the words “the fee shall be reduced to £1.50 (the balance of any sum paid in respect of the fee being refundable)”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Robert Atkins Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 19th September 1989