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FUTURE LEGISLATION

17th October 2002
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• 4th Motor Insurance Directive: Directive 2000/26/EC, comes into effect from 20 January 2003. By this time all flee) vehicles licensed for road use Will need to be registered on z new Motor insurance Database.

• Registration plate national identifiers: The DVLA proposes to amend the regulations to permit the voluntan display of the national flag and national identifiers.

• Registration of number plate suppliers: The target date for. introducing a register of number plate suppliers is 1 January 2003. It will be illegal for a business to sell number plates unless they are registered with the DVLA, although the supply of plates for vehicles at first registration will be exempted from the scheme.

II Operator licence fees: An increase of 5% in 0-licence fees will come into effect on 1 December, pending a complete fees review by the DoT.

• Tachograph calibration fees: Following the consultation paper issued by the VI, fees will rise from 1 January 2003 as follows; calibration and six-yearly inspection fees will increase from £31.50 to 143; the two-yearly inspection fee will go up from £24 to £29.

• BM disc: The government is to take forward the introduction of a road-user charge for foreign operators, similar to the Continental Eurovignette. UK operators would also have to pay the new fee of about £760 a year, but this would be offset by reductions in other taxes.

• EU drivers' hours rules: The European Commission has published proposals for updating regulation 3820/85. These include a 30-minute break requirement after three hours' driving; a daily rest period of 12 hours; and the removal of the 36-hour weekly rest provision. Anticipated date of implementation is from January 2004.

• Driver training: A draft EU Directive requiring compulsory basic and on-going training for vocational drivers has been published, with a consultation paper from the Driving Standards Agency, This seeks views on several proposals including hours of training, syllabus content and grandfather rights.

• Trailer ragistratiort The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has announced proposals to introduce requirements for trailers over 1,0204 unladen weight to be registered.


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