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lITURE LEGISLATION
orporale manslaughter: The government ishes to introduce a new offence to hold .ganisations to account for gross failings by eir senior management that have had fatal msequences.
However, as a corporate offence, it will not )ply to individual directors or others (CM 21 ;pternber 2006).
Iriver Training Directive: Requires the initial td five-yearly periodic training of professional Dods and passenger vehicle drivers. The perational training will include fuel economy, rivers hours and customer service, and is ;ferred to as a Certificate of Professional !ompetence (CPC).
Great Britain and Northern Ireland are xpected to draft and introduce legislation y early 2007: for goods vehicle drivers initial -aining will start in 2009.
The earliest date that periodic training will eed to be completed is September 2014 for oods vehicle drivers, and for some drivers is deadline could be as late as 2016 (CM 19 )ctober 2006).
drivers' hours: EC regulation 561/2006 nplements changes from 11 April 2007 to the cope, exemptions and definitions of rules on rest nd breaks. It also introduces further changes to he production of records at the roadside from an nary 2008 (C,44 27 July 2006). Operator licensing changes: The DI-I-intends to make changes to the operator licensing system. These are to introduce: • Centralisation of licence administration to the Leeds unit by April 2007.
• New administrative arrangements for holders of more than one licence by spring 2007.
• Reformed licensing and vehicle test fees from April 2008.
• The removal of the 28-day period of grace to use vehicles on the margin, and the abolition of paper discs from April 2008 (CM 9 February 2006).
Smoking han in England:The ban in all enclosed public places and workplaces in England is expected to begin on 1July It will prohibit smoking in all offices. factories. shops, pubs, bars, restaurants, clubs, public transport and work vehicles that are used by more than one person. Similar legislation is expected for Wales.
Northern Ireland operator licensing reform:The DOE intends to amend the Northern Ireland operator licensing system to mirror that of Great Britain. including a system for restricted operator licensing to apply to own-account carriage for the first time, but without the introduction of Traffic Commissioners.
A consultation is expected to run from May until ,Tul y 2007.
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.