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The Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (Commencement No.4) Order 2002, CIF 17 September 2002. Amends and clarifies provisions regarding applications for registration of motor vehicles and confers a power to make regulations providing that the Secretary of State may refuse a new registration document if he is not satisfied that the vehicle for which it is being sought is the registered vehicle.

The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, CIF 18 September 2002. Amend regulations to make examination of a vehicle mandatory in specified circumstances before a replacement registration document is issued, to satisfy the Secretary of State of the identity of the vehicle. It also requires the surrender or destruction by an insurance company of the registration document on a change of ownership where there is substantial bodywork damage and either the owners insurance does not cover that damage or the owner is an insurer.

The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 2002, CIF 20 September 2002. Enables a person holding a nonHGV driving licence for specific categories issued in the Republic of Korea and Monaco to exchange it for a corresponding British one.

Road Vehicles (Testing) (Disclosure of Information) (Great Britain) Regulations 2002, CIF 15 October 2002. Complete the transposition of European Directive 2000/30 allowing the Secretary of State to give information obtained in the course of testing and inspecting CVs to be passed to the competent authorities in other member states, N Ireland and Gibraltar.

The Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (Commencement No 3 Order 2002), The Motor Salvage Operator Regulations 2002, and The Motor Salvage Operators (Specified Offences) Order 2002, CIF 21 October 2002. Introduces new powers in England and Wales requiring salvage operators to register with local authorities, satisfy criteria and keep records.

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Construction and Use) lAmendment) (No.31 Regulations 2002, CIF 4 September 2002. Implements Commisslon Directive 95/54/EC, which provides new Type Approval requirements on the suppression of radio interference by electrical and electronic sub-assemblies.

The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, CIF 7 August 2002. Amends existing reguiations to include EC Directives by providing new annexes for use by manufacturers and approval authorities in applying for and granting Type Approval.

The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2002, CIF 1 August 2002. Amends existing regulations to increase test fees for motorcycles, cars, light goods vehicles and PSVs.

The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002, CIF 18 July 2002. Replace existing (1997) regulations for England only, to allow certain local authorities to apply to conduct roadside emissions tests and issue fixed penalties ago°. Also empower local authorities to fine £20) a motorist for failing to stop his engine when stationary so far as may be necessary for the prevention of exhaust emissions.

The Goods Vehicles !Community Authorisations) Modification of the Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act (1972) Regulations 2002, CIF 1 July 2002. Modifies the 1972 Act to empower examiners to prohibit the driving of a foreign vehicle where a Community Authorisation is not held.

The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, CIF 9 April 2002. Amends the existing regulations by reducing the notice period where a local authority proposes to remove an abandoned vehicle that is in such a condition that it ought to be destroyed, from seven days to 24 hours. The amendment also reduces the period during which the owner of the vehicle, which is not in a condition that it ought to be destroyed, is required to remove it from

custody from 21 to seven days. The authority may then dispose of the vehicle, provided there is no licence in force.

The Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, CIF 9 April 2002. Amends the existing regulations, which provide for the removal and disposal of unlicensed vehicles found stationary on a public road, by reducing the period for which a vehicle of no value must be retained before disposal, The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, CIF 1 April 2002. Amend the existing rel by increasing HGV test fees. the fee payable for a test of motor vehicle with two axier increased by 5.3% to £40.

The Road Traffic (NHS Charg (Amendment) Regulations it CIF 8 February 2002. Further update of the 1999 regulatio They revoke The Road Trait (NHS Charges) (Amendmer Regulations 2001. The maxin charge for NHS treatment where a road traffic casualt admitted to hospital is now reduced to 110,000.

• CIF: Comes into force.

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