• MOTOR VEHICLE (Type Approval and approval marks) (fees) Regulations 1993 No 630.
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Implements changes in the fees payable for the examination of vehicles and vehicle parts—effective 6 April 1993.
• ROAD VEHICLES (Construction and Use) (amendment) No 8 Regulations 1992.
Public service vehicles and other vehicles constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 passengers, with spark ignition engines are no longer exempt from the limits imposed on carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon content of exhaust ignitions when engines are idling—effective 1 February 1993.
• REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL of Vehicles (amendment) Regulations 1993 No 278.
Traffic wardens are now empowered to remove or arrange for the removal of any vehicle, including LGVs and PCVs, which are parked or broken down and are causing an obstruction or are likely to cause danger. These powers, similar to those of a police officer, apply only to England and Wales-effective 1 June 1993.
• ROAD TRAFFIC (training of drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous goods) Regulations 1992 No 744.
Drivers of tankers and vehicles carrying containers which hold radioactive material must now possess a certificate of driver training—effective 30 July 1993. Goods Vehicles (operators licences, qualifications and fees) (amendment) Regulations 1993 No 301.
Prescribed fees for the grant or variation of the goods, vehicle operator's licence increased to .C170 cffective 1 April 1993. Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1992 No 3107.
These regulate the applications that can be made to the Secretary of State for EC Type Approval for light passenger vehicles and other types of vehicles—effective 1 January 1993 and 1 January 1996 depending on the type of vehicle.
• IMMINENT LEGISLATION: A bill before Parliament proposes to amend the Road Traffic Act 1988, requiring newly qualified drivers to display plates indicating that they are recently qualified and limiting the engine size of the vehicles that they may drive.However, it is not known when this will become law.