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RECENT AND IMMINENT LEGISLATION

20th February 1997
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Page 54, 20th February 1997 — RECENT AND IMMINENT LEGISLATION
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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996. CIF 2 December 1996 and 1 April 1997. Implements the Second Driver Licensing Directive in the UK introducing staged testing, theory testing for LGV/PCV candidates, new test vehicle standards and eyesight/medical standards. Also requires drivers of mobile cranes to have a vocational licence if appropriate and drivers of chassis-cabs to have a Category B licence. It also limits drivers passing Category B tests to 3.5-tonne GVW vehicles.

The International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Amendment) Regulations 1996. CIF 2 December 1996. Introduces new fees for the testing of ATP equipment.

The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996. CIF 1 September 1996. Replaces current PGR and RTR and implements the requirements of the ADR framework and VOC Stage 1 Directive.

Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations 1996. CIF 1 September 1996. Updates CPL1 and covers environmentally hazardous substances and future ADR requirements for gas bottles.

The Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996. CIF in stages between 23 July 1996 and 1 January 1997. Allows holders of Community licences who became resident in the UK to drive here without the need to exchange their licence for British ones within one year of taking up residence. The right of exchange is not removed and made mandatory for the purpose of applying British provisions as to validity periods, health and fitness standards and driving disqualification.

The Local Authorities Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996. CIF 1 December 1996. Implements revised procedures to be met by local authorities introducing new traffic orders etc.

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No5) Regulations 1996. CIF 1 October 1996. Amends Construction and Use Regulations in respect of silencers for exhaust systems and for radio interference

suppression equipment.

The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1996. CIF 1 October 1996. Amends the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984 in respect of exhaust emissions, noise and silencers and electromagnetic compatibility of vehicles.

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Amendmentl (Noll Regulations 1996. CIF 1 January 1997. Amends C&U Regulations regarding braking requirements for trailers below 750kg and requires new trailers to be marked with their year of manufacture.

The Motorway Traffic (England and Wales(Amendment) Regulations 1996. CIF 1 January 1997. Allows provisional Cl, Cl +E, D1 and Dl +E licence holders to drive on motorways.

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use)(Amendment) (No6) Regulations 1996. CIF 1 July 1997. Provides exemptions from a number of C&U regulations for vehicles with a ministry-approved certificate.

The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No2) Regulations 1996, CIF 1 July 1997. Extends type approval regulations to include motor ambulances, motor caravans, personally imported passenger vehicles and amateur built passenger vehicles.

The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No2) Regulations 1996. CIF 1 July 1997. Amends the type approval regulations to establish a scheme for approving the construction of single light vehicles before they are brought into service.

The Producer Responsibility Obligation.. (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997. CIF 1 January 1997. Imposes obligations on some packaging users and manufacturers to recover and recycle packaging waste.

The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 1996. CIF 1 July 1997. Amends the lighting regulations for passenger vehicles subject to a ministryapproved certificate.

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