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Future legislation
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ADR/RID harmonisation: The Health and Safety Commission has published its consultative document on the new British Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail Regulations, to align with the ADR (international) rules. The new regs will include carriers of diesel, waste carriers and parcel carriers. The Health and Safety Executive hopes to have the new regulations in place by March 2004.
Continuous registration: The government has issued detailed proposals to introduce a penalty for failing to relicence a vehicle (£80,reducing to £40 if paid within 28 days) and a new offence of being the registered keeper of an unlicensed vehicle (minimum penalty £1,000) from 1 January 2004. This will mean that the registered keeper will be automatically liable for tax evasion whether or not the vehicle is seen on the road.
Lorry road user charging: The government intends to introduce a distance-based road user charge for UK and foreign vehicles using UK roads.The charge is intended to be "tax-neutral' by being offset against fuel duty, to be introduced in 2006.
EU drivers' hours rules: The European Commission has published proposals for updating regulation 3820/85. The proposals aimed to in troduce changes from January 2004; however, this timetable is now unlikely to be met.
Trailer registration:The DVLA has announced proposals to introduce requirements for trailers over 1,020kg unladen weight to be registered.
Mobile phones: The Department for Transport intends to introduce a specific offence for driving while using a hand-held mobile phone from 1 December. The new offence will initially be subject to a fixed penalty of £30 or a fine on conviction of up to £1,000 (£2,500 for goods vehicles).
Working Time Se ctoral Directive: The Sectoral Directive, which applies specific rules to mobile workers subject to tachograph regulations, will come into force no later than 23 March 2005. The draft UK regulations are expected in March 2004 (CM 4 September).
Driver training: The common position on a draft EU Directive requiring compulsory initial and periodic training for vocational drivers was published on 5 December 2002. If the Directive comes into force this year, training is likely to begin in 2009 (CM 11 September).
Speed Limiters: The European Commission has proposed a directive extending the requirement for speed limiters to be fitted to vehicles over 3.5-tonnes. Fitting for new vehicles is likely to be introduced in 2005 for vehicles on international journeys, followed by staged introduction for new domestically-operated vehicles and retrofitting from 2005 to 2008.