:P.s.v. fees up
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• Despite objections from operators, • • p.s.v. licence fees and charges for • • certificates of fitness are to be increased • • substantially from February 1.
• On Monday the Minister of Transport • • laid before Parliament regulations in• • creasing the fees for licences from • E8 10s. to £12 10s. and for certifi • • cates of fitness for these vehicles from
• £5 105. to E6 10s. P,s.v. licence fees•
• were last raised in 1962 and certificate • • fees in 1957. The Government has • • stated that it is satisfied that the in• • creases are within the criteria of the • • prices and incomes policy. • • The price of Notices and Proceedings issued by the regional Traffic Commis• • sioners will rise from 1 s, per copy to • • 2s. 6d; the price has remained at 1 s. • • since the licensing system began. • The regulations also provide for an • • increase in fees from 2s. 6d. to 5s. • • for duplicate copies of licences and • • certificates, and fix a fee of £1 a year • *for permits granted by Traffic Commis• • sioners under section 30 of the Trans• • port Act 1968, in lieu of road service • licences for services run by small • • vehicles or school buses. This fee is the • • same as that for a road service licence.
• Copies of the Public Service Vehicle • • (Licences and Certificates) (Amendment) • • Regulations 1969 (SI 1969 No. 32) • • are obtainable from HMSO or any book• • seller, price ed. net. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •