RECENT AND IMMINENT LEGISLATION
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Vehicles Excise and Registration Act 1994—cif 1 September 1994 Consolidates the much amended Vehicles Excise Act 1971.
SI No 298 Quick Frozen Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulation 1994—cif 1 September 1994.
Implements EC Directives 92/1 and 92/2 on the monitoring of temperatures of quickfrozen foods during transport, warehousing, storage, sampling procedures and methods of analysis.
SI No 1209 The Goods Vehicles (Operators' Licences, Qualifications and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1994—cif 1 June 1994.
Increases the fee for the grant or major variation of a goods vehicle Operator's Licence from 2170 to 2185 and from 27 to .C8 in respect of each specified vehicle. Only applies to grants or variations on or after 1 June 1994.
SI No 1364 The Rood Vehicles
(Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1994—cif 10 June 1994. Gives local authorities and police access free of charge to some of the information on the vehicle register. Others, showing reasonable cause for needing the information, may be charged a discretionary fee.
SI No 1482 (c.26)The Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No.11 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1994—cif 3 June 1994.
Brings into force provisions relating to enforcement of parking restrictions in the City of London and the London Boroughs including powers to give fixed penalties and immobilise vehicles in certain circumstances.
SI No 1484 (c.27)The Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No.12 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1994—cif 3 June 1994.
Brings into force in the London Borough of Bexley provisions relating to the enforcement of certain parking restrictions including powers to give fixed penalties and immobilise vehicles in certain circumstances.
SI No 1503 The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (amendment) Regulations 1994—cif 4 July 1994.
Provides for the removal and disposal of vehicles, in the case of a contravention of a prohibition or restriction on the waiting of vehicles on roads, in connection with certain special events.
SI No 1838 The Passenger and Goods Vehicle (Recording Equipment) Regulations 1994—cif 9 August 1994 Amends the definition of "the Community Recording Equipment Regulation" in the Transport Act 1968 to take account of a minor technical amendment to the EC driver's hours and recording equipment legislation. Only applies to tachographs fitted to new vehicles brought into service from] January 1996.
SI No 1862 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No 21 Regulations 1994—cif 5 August 1994.
Alter the conditions which a person suffering from epilepsy has to satisfy if s/he is to be granted a driving licence, The principal change is that the period during which s/he must have been free from attacks while awake is reduced from two years to one year. There are also as a result changes to the rules on those who have a history of sleep attacks.
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations In-cab height signs for vehicles over 3m; warning systems for vehicles with high level power-operated equipment; notification to highway authorities of vehicle and loads operating above 4.88m. Still under discussion and awaiting implementation date.