Section 168B - Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2021 - Registration fee waived or remitted – business vehicles

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168B Registration fee waived or remitted – business vehicles

[Regulation 168B Inserted by S.R. 2021, No. 117, Applied:14 Dec 2021]

(1) In this regulation –

eligible vehicle means a vehicle that –

(a) is used to provide one of the following services within the meaning of the Passenger Transport Services Act 2011 :

(i) a hire and drive passenger service;

(ii) a passenger transport service that is also –

(a) a taxi service within the meaning of the Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008 ; or

(b) a luxury hire car service within the meaning of the Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008 ; or

(c) a tour within the meaning of the Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008 ; and

(b) is liable to inspection under a vehicle inspection program in accordance with regulation 136 ; and

(c) belongs to one of the following classes of vehicles specified in Schedule 1 to the Economic Regulator (MAIB Premiums) Order 2017 :

(i) class no. 6 (Taxi or Luxury Hire Car);

(ii) class no.7 (Large Public Passenger Vehicle);

(iii) class no. 8 (Hire and Drive Vehicle);

(iv) class no. 16 (Medium Public Passenger Vehicle); and

(d) is not –

(i) the subject of a grant, or the subject of an undecided application for a grant, under the program known as the Hire and Drive Reimbursement Program provided by the Department of State Growth; or