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Up and coming law with the FFA
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FUTURE LEGISLATION
Northern Ireland operator licensing reform: The DOE intends to amend the Northern Ireland operator licensing system to mirror that operating in Great Britain, including a system for restricted operator licensing to apply to ownaccount carriage for the first time, but without the introduction of Traffic Commissioners. Implementation is expected in spring 2008.
0-licensing changes: Individual vehicle specification fees are expected to be dropped from the 0-licensing system and instead added to vehicle test fees in April 2008. At the same time proposals to remove the 28-day period of grace for vehicles used on the margin and the abolition of paper discs will be reviewed.
Graduated fixed penalties: The DfT has issued a consultation on the details of introducing a graduated fixed penalty system for road traffic offences, such as drivers' hours and overloading, to be issued by Vosa examiners. A deposit scheme is also proposed to cover offences committed by visiting vehicles/drivers who are unable to provide a GB address.
Speed limiters: The final phase of European legislation that requires speed limiters to be fitted to vehicles over 3.5 tonnes will be implemented on 1 January 2008. From that date, vehicles over 3.5 tonnes but not over 7.5 tonnes, first registered on or after 1 January 2005 and used solely in the UK, must also have their speed limiters set to 56mph.
Driver Training Directive: Requires initial and five-yearly periodic training of professional drivers,The operational training will include fuel economy, drivers' hours and customer service, and is referred to as a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC). New drivers will require an initial qualification from September 2008 for PCVs and 2009 for LGVs.All drivers will have to complete periodic training from 2013 for PCVs and 2014 for LGVs. Drivers will be required to carry their qualification cards with them onboard their vehicles.
EU drivers' records changes: Vehicles that lost exemption from the EU rules in April 2007 have until 31 December 2007 to get a tachograph fitted. Also drivers are required to be able to produce charts and manual records for the current day and previous 28 calendar days from 1 January 2008.
Low-emission zone (LEZ) in London: TfL will introduce the UK's first LEZ on 4 February 2008. Covering all London boroughs (generally lying inside the M25), it will initially apply a charge to vehicles that do not meet the emissions controls and be phased in to apply to lorries, vans, buses and coaches.