Periodic Technical Inspections (FOI)

Request

This request relates to the MOT style tests on motorcycles (called 'Periodic Technical Inspections or PIT') that were introduced with effect from April 2019 by the States of Jersey DVS Department.

Please supply the following information for the first four months of the PTI scheme (start of April to end of July 2019):

A

The total number of motorcycles and mopeds tested

B

Of the total number of motorcycles and mopeds tested:

i) How many passed on first inspection and were issued with a Test Certificate?

• Of those which passed on first inspection, how many had an engine capacity not greater than 50cc (ie mopeds) and how many had an engine capacity greater than 50cc?

ii) How many failed on first inspection and were issued with a Refusal Notice?

• Of those which failed on first inspection and were issued with a Refusal Notice, how many had an engine capacity not greater than 50cc (ie mopeds) and how many had an engine capacity greater than 50cc?

iii) How many failed on first inspection and were issued with a Defect Notice and a Refusal Notice?

• Of those which failed on first inspection and were issued with a Defect Notice and a Refusal Notice, how many had an engine capacity not greater than 50cc (ie mopeds) and how many had an engine capacity greater than 50cc?

C

Further to the statistics requested in B (i) and (ii) above, please confirm how many mopeds (ie with an engine capacity not greater than 50cc) that were issued with either a Defect Notice or a Refusal Notice on first inspection were failed for any of the following defects with the moped's exhaust, as highlighted in paragraph 5.1.2 of the Motorcycle Inspection Manual Version 2, broken down into the following sub-paragraphs-

i) Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure;

ii) An exhaust silencer marked ‘not for road use’, ‘track use only’ or similar words;

iii) Exhaust silencer does not have the appropriate compliance markings;

iv) Exhaust system has been altered or modified rendering it non-compliant.

D

How many mopeds (ie with an engine capacity not greater than 50cc) that were issued with either a Defect Notice or a Refusal Notice on first inspection were failed or prohibited for any of the defects with the moped's exhaust highlighted in paragraph 7.1 ('Exhaust Noise' / Exhaust system is poorly maintained or has been altered so as to increase the noise/ or any part of the exhaust system insecure or likely to become detached) of the Motorcycle Inspection Manual Version 2?

E

How many mopeds (ie with an engine capacity not greater than 50cc) that were issued with a Defect Notice on first inspection were categorised as Prohibited for the defect highlighted in paragraph 8.1/8.2 (Visual emission test reveals that the exhaust emits excessive avoidable smoke or vapour of any colour, to an extent likely to obscure vision) of the Motorcycle Inspection Manual Version 2?

Response

The following table details the PTI test results from its introduction to 22 August 2019.

A, B(i) and B(ii)

* Our systems does not record which type of notice was issued when a vehicle fails the PTI inspection.

Our systems are not configured in a way that will allow us to extract the remainder of the details you have requested. A manual search of our records would be required in order to obtain this information. We estimate that it will take us in excess of 12.5 working hours to locate and retrieve the data in reference to your request. This part of your request, therefore, will not be processed further.

Article applied

Article 16 A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive

(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.

Regulation 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 allows an authority to refuse a request for information where the estimated cost of dealing with the request would exceed the specified amount of the cost limit of £500. This is the estimated cost of one person spending 12.5 working hours in determining whether the department holds the information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information.