Regulation 163 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after subregulation (4) the following subregulation:

(4A)  If a registration period is to be more or less than a period for which an applicable scheduled fee, that is a registration fee, is fixed in Schedule 1 , the fire levy component of that fee payable on registration or renewal of registration of a motor vehicle (other than a motor cycle) is to be calculated in accordance with the following formula:

where –

A is the fire levy component payable for the period for which the vehicle is to be registered;

B is the rounded indexed amount (as defined in section 77L of the Fire Service Act 1979 for the relevant financial year;

C is the number of days in the period for which the vehicle is to be registered;

D is the number of days in the 12-month period that commences on the day on which the registration, or renewal of registration, to which the fire levy component relates, is to take effect.