Driving Tests and Driving Licences (Increase of Fees) Ordinance, 2000

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The Driving Tests and Driving Licences (Increase of Fees) Ordinance, 2000

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 9th day of December, 1999[a] and in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 3 of the Public Transport (Guernsey) Law, 1984[b] and section 2 of the Motor Taxation and Licensing (Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended[c], hereby order:-

Amendment to 1986 Ordinance.

1. In section 4(4) of the Road Traffic (Permits to Drive Public Service Vehicles) Ordinance, 1986, as amended[d], for "£20" substitute "£24".

Amendments to 1995 Ordinance.

2. The Driving Licences (Guernsey) Ordinance, 1995, as amended[e], is further amended as follows-

(a) for Schedule 2 substitute the following Schedule-

" SCHEDULE 2 Section 4

Driving test fees

The fee payable prior to taking a test of competence relating to a motor vehicle of a class included in the category set out in column (1) of the Table below shall be the corresponding sum set out in column (2) thereof.

(1) (2)

Category Fee

P £30

A £30

A1 £30

B £24

B1 £30

C £48

C1 £48

D £48

D1 £48

B + E £48

Category Fee

C1 + E £48

C + E £48

D1 + E £48

D + E £48

F £48

G £48

L £24"; and

(b) for Schedule 3 substitute the following Schedule-

" SCHEDULE 3 Section 7

Fees for licences

(1) (2)

Description of licence Fee

(1) A provisional licence granted to a person

who has not held a licence before £22.00

(2) First full licence granted in exchange

for a provisional licence £0.00

(3) Renewal of a full or provisional licence £22.00

Description of licence Fee

(4) A full or provisional licence granted in

exchange for a subsisting licence (other

than a licence issued by the competent

authority in a country outside the Island)

or in place of a licence revoked pursuant

to section 9(1) of this Ordinance

(surrender of driving licences) except-

(a) where the licence granted is a first

full licence granted in exchange

for a provisional licence; or

(b) where the subsisting or revoked

licence is surrendered pursuant to

section 9(1) or (2) of this

Ordinance and the Committee is

required to grant a new licence

free of charge £6.60

(5) A licence issued in exchange for licence

issued by the competent authority in

a country outside the Island £22.00

(6) The first licence granted to a person

after the expiration of a period of

disqualification imposed upon him by

an order of the court where-

(a) the licence will remain in force

for less than six years £13.20

Description of licence Fee

(b) the licence will remain in force

for more than six years, for each

year or part thereof until its

expiration £2.20

(7) A licence granted pursuant to section

11(2) of the principal Law £6.60

(8) A duplicate licence £6.60".

Citation.

3. This Ordinance may be cited as the Driving Tests and Driving Licences (Increase of Fees) Ordinance, 2000.

Commencement.

4. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 1st day of May, 2000.

[a]	Article V of Billet d'État No. XXI of 1999.
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXVIII, p. 423.
[c]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXX, p. 341; and No. XI of 1995.
[d]	Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXIII, p. 393; Tome XXIV, p. 264; Tome XXV, p. 211; Tome XXVI, p. 106.
[e]	Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXVI, p. 374; Nos. XVIII, XXX and XXXIV of 1996; and No. XI of 1998.