(1)  In this regulation –

hire and drive passenger service has the same meaning as in the Passenger Transport Services Act 2011 ;

registration payment means, in relation to a relevant vehicle –

(a) each applicable schedule fee for the registration, or the renewal of the registration, for the vehicle; and

(b) if a number plate or number plates are to be issued in respect of the vehicle – the applicable schedule fee, if any, for the issue of the number plate or number plates; and

(c) the road safety levy payable in respect of the vehicle, if any;

relevant period means the 2-year period commencing on 1 July 2021;

relevant vehicle means a light vehicle, other than a trailer or agricultural machine, that –

(a) is used to provide a hire and drive passenger service; and

(b) uses one or more electric motors for propulsion; and

(c) is fuelled from a hydrogen fuel cell, an off-vehicle electrical power source, a battery or an electric generator; and

(d) is not fitted with an internal combustion engine that provides either propulsion or a fuel source for an electric propulsion system.

(2)  Subject to subregulation (4) , each registration payment due in respect of a vehicle during the relevant period is waived if, at the time at which the registration payment is due –

(a) the vehicle is a relevant vehicle that is being used to provide a hire and drive passenger service; and

(b) the person providing that hire and drive passenger service is accredited under the Passenger Transport Services Act 2011 to provide such a service.

(3)  If a registration payment that is waived under subregulation (2) in respect of a relevant vehicle is paid, the amount so paid is to be remitted to the registered operator of the vehicle.

(4)  The Registrar may require the registered operator of a relevant vehicle to pay the registration payment, that was waived under subregulation (2) in respect of the vehicle, if the Registrar is satisfied that the vehicle ceased to be used as part of a hire and drive passenger service within the 6-month period after the registration payment was waived.