MA rethinks HO limning fees
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• Truck drivers may no longer have to pay to renew their 110 licence every five years after the age of 45 under new DVLA proposals, it is also considering waiving the £12 fee currently required to upgrade licences after test passes.
The proposals are part of a document looking at changes to vehicle and driving licence fees, designed to replace existing foes with a "simplified and fairer system", according to the DVLA.
Removing the fee for renewing or exchanging licences should help "reduce barriers to vocational drivers''. "The government is keen to reduce the burdens for the Industry as a whole and feel this measure will help meet the concerns about the shortage of vocational drivers in an increasingly competitive market." MA is consulting on four possible options. While these will affect all licences, one option does Include the possibility of 4.
scrapping the charge for k
provisional NOV licences.
The other options are listed on the table below.
The level of fee would depend on the fees charged for first vehicle registrations, first provisional licence costs and cast of reissuing licences after revocation and disqualification. The aim of the review is to merge driving licence and vehicle registration schemes, allowing the DVLA to Integrate working methods and Improve its customer service. Option 3 Option 4 36 £48 Free Free For copies of the consulta tion document, e-malb vehpol.dylaCattnet.gov.uk