£10 fee to test five-axle artic £25 to appeal
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• Details of the fees proposed for annual tests of heavy goods vehicles were revealed this week by the Ministry of Transport. On a vehicle's first test it will be plated for maximum axle and gross weights but there will be no extra charge for this, the charges being the same for the first examination and subsequent yearly tests. The test fees proposed are as follows:— The tractive unit and semi-trailer of an artic will be charged separately.
For a vehicle presented for re-test within 14 days at the same testing station at which it was failed, there will be a minimum fee of £2. The actual amount will depend on the numbers and types of faults found on the original test, and the maximum re-test fee will be the same as for a first test.
A vehicle presented for re-test more than 14 days after the first test, or at a different testing station, will have to undergo a full
re-test and pay the full fee. But when faults can be put right quickly and arrangements can be made for a re-test later in the day of the first test, no fee will be charged.
There will be cases where avehicle will subsequently be modified to qualify for a higher plated weight. For this examination the fee will be £5 and it is proposed that the fee for the issue of a replacement plate or plating certificate will be £1, while replacement of a test certificate will cost 10s.
If an operator wants to appeal against the findings on the test, the fee for an appeal to the area mechanical engineer of the MoT will be £15 and a further appeal to the Minister of Transport will cost £25. But these appeal fees may be partly or fully repaid if it is considered there were "substantial grounds" for contesting the findings.
Details of the fees will be included in plating and testing regulations to be made under the Road Safety Act 1967 and they are intended to cover both the capital and operating costs of the plating and testing.