FUTURE LEGISLATION
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• Vehicle dimensions. Changes proposed to C&U regs to allow drawbars up to 18.75m overall length, enforcing EU Directive 96/53.
• 0-licensing and Plating and Testing Draft Regulations: Published regarding exemptions from 0-licensing, plating and testing.
• Access to the profession: EC proposals to change the professional competence, financial standing and good repute requirements.
• Identification of 0-licensed vehicles: Consultation undertaken by DOT on ways the identification of 0licensed vehicles could be improved. Options are enhanced identity discs or a national computerised database.
• VED incentives for low-emission vehicles: DOT consulted following the Chancellor's Budget announcement of a concession of up to £500 per year from vehicle excise duty rates for lorries meeting stringent emission standards.
• Pollution prevention measures for oil and petrol storage: Proposed controls to ensure oil stores are located and built to prevent leakage to, and pollution of, the water environment and that handling arrangements are appropriate.
• Dangerous goods safety advisers: EC Directive requiring companies involved in the transport or loading/unloading of dangerous goods to appoint a safety adviser by 31 December 1999. Implementing legislation expected by mid-1998 to allow time for the training and examination of advisers.