The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on 31st October 2022, notified the Central Motor Vehicles (Seventeenth Amendment) Rules, 2022 to further amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
The amendment is brought under rule 175 which deals with Registration Procedure for Automated Testing Station in which under sub-rule 3A, the Central Government shall set up an electronic portal for Single Window Clearance on which the applicant will apply and upload documents and required fee for registration.
Further under rule 176 which deals with eligibility criteria in which under sub-rule 5 it has been notified that, If the owner or operator of an automated testing station is a government body then the application fee for grant of Preliminary Registration Certificate, Registration Certificate and security deposit or bank guarantee for registration certificate shall not be applicable and such entities shall also be exempt from meeting financial criterion.
Further under rule 180 which deals with validity and renewal of registration, it has been notified that A Registration Certificate shall be valid for a period of ten years from the date of issuance and its subsequent renewal shall be valid for a period of ten years from the date of renewal, and an application for renewal of registration may be made three months before the expiry of the period of such registration.
