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21st November 2002
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Driving Licences (Designation Ielevant External Law) Order 2, CIF 1November 2002. ws vocational driving noes issued in Guernsey to ?.xchanged for the comes'ding British licences.

Motor Vehicles (Driving micas) (Amendment) illations 2002, CIF 14 ember 2002. Amends sting regulations to educe a hazard perception t as part of the theory test I increases the theory test by £2.50. The new test odes film clips containing reloping hazards: candidates have to identify the hazards hey appear on screen.

Road Vehicles (Display of istration Marks) pendment) Regulations 2002, 22 November 2002. Amends iting regulations to prohibit use of a number plate with a (erred or textured backund, and to make special visons for certain imported ides in relation to the size I spacing of characters on number plate.

Road Vehicles (Registration Licensing) (Amendment} illations 2002, CI FIR teinber 2002. Amend ulations to make examination vehicle mandatory in cified circumstances before a lamment registration

ument is issued, to satisfy the retary of State of the identity .)e vehicle. It also requires the -ender or destruction by an ranee company of the

registration document on a change of ownership where there is substantial bodywork damage and either the owners insurance does not cover that damage or the owner is an insurer.

The Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (Commencement No.4) Order 2002, CIF 17 September 2002. Amends and clarifies provisions regarding applications for registration of motor vehicles and confers a power to make regulations providing that the Secretary of State may refuse a new registration document if he is not satisfied that the vehicle for which it is being sought is the registered vehicle.

The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 2002, CIF 20 September 2002. Enables a person holding a nonHGV driving licence for specific categories issued In the Republic of Korea and Monaco to exchange it for a corresponding British one.

Road Vehicles (Testing) (Disclosure of Information) (Great Britain) Regulations 2002, CIF 15 October 2002. Complete the transposition of European Directive 2000/30 allowing the Secretary of State to give information obtained in the course of testing and inspecting CVs to be passed to the competent authorities in other member states, N Ireland and Gibraltar.

The Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (Commencement No 3 Order 2002), The Motor Salvage Operator Regulations 2002, and The Motor Salvage Operators (Specified Offences) Order 2002, CIF 21 October 2002. Introduces new powers in England and Wales requiring salvage operators to register with local authorities, satisfy criteria and keep records.

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2002, CIF 4 September 2002. Implements Commission Directive 95/54/EC. which provides new Type Approval requirements on the suppression of radio interference by electrical and electronic sub-assemblies.

The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, CIF 7 August 2002. Amends existing regulations to include EC Directives by providing new annexes for use by manufacturers and approval authorities In applying for and granting Type Approval.

The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2002, CIF 1 August 2002. Amends regulatIons to increase test fees for motorcycles, cars, light goods vehicles and PSVs.

The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002, CIF 19 July 2002. Replace existing (1997) regulations for England Only, to allow certain local authorities to apply to conduct roadside emissions tests and issue fixed penalties of E60.

Also empower local authorities to fine (220) a motorist for failing to stop his engine when stationary so far as may be necessary for the prevention of exhaust emissions.

The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, CIF 9 April 2002. Amends the existing regulations by reducing the notice period where a local authority proposes to remove an abandoned vehicle that is in such a condition that it ought to be destroyed, from seven days to 24 hours. The amendment also reduces the period during which the owner of the vehicle, which is not in a condition that it ought to be destroyed, is required to remove it from custody from 21 to seven days. The authority may then dispose of the vehicle, provided there is no licence in force.

The Goods Vehicles (Community Authorisations) Modification of the Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act (1972) Regulations 2002, CIF 1 July 2002. Modifies the 1972 Act to empower examiners to prohibit the driving eta foreign vehicle where a Community Authorisation is not held.

• CIF: Comes into force.

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