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0-licence launch will bring Northern Ireland into line
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0-LICENCES WILL BE introduced in Northern Ireland by 1 August 2007 to bring the province in line with the rest of the UK, according to the Northern Irish Department of the Environment.
A working group of civil servants is now preparing the necessary proposals.
Tom Wilson, regional manager of the Freight Transport Association, says there were no objections when the Department of the Environment launched a consultation two years ago.
"The transport industry is welcoming this," he adds. "Most are frustrated at the lack of enforcement. [However] there is a massive amount of work to be done to set up computer systems to get into line with Great Britain."
The type of cases which Traffic Commissioners deal with in Britain are currently heard by magistrates in Northern Ireland.
• Failure rates in the annual roadworthiness test for HGVs in Northern Ireland have fallen from 38.5% to 28.5%, according to the latest annual report from the Driver Vehide Testing Agency..
The report reveals that there is still evidence of vehicles being presented for testing unprepared simply to get a list of faults for rectification, with the aim of passing second time round.