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VEHICLE REGS • In the 13 years since the first edition of Clifford Toyne's Motor Vehicle Technkal Regulations was published, it has become established as one of the reference books most likely to be found on transport managers and fleet engineers' bookshelves.
The book's success has stemmed from the way it guides readers through the complexities of the British Construction and Use and vehicle lighting regulations.
Toyne hacks through the dense undergrowth of words in these regulations which obscures their real meaning for many practical transport people. His guide is written in relatively clear language and a comprehensive index makes any particular section easy to find — much more so than in the regulations themselves.
As Toyne points out in the preface, however, "the guide should not be regarded as a substitute for the Regulations" Most entries include a reference to the relevant Regulation to make it simpler to check the precise wording.
Toyne could hardly be better qualified to produce a guide to C and U and vehicle lighting regulations: he is a former head of the Vehicle Inspection Division of the Department of Transport.
The latest, fourth, edition is to the same format as earlier editions but includes all the recent Construction and Use amendments, and regulations relating to agricultural vehicles.
Motor Vehicle Technical Regulations, is published by Liffon Engineering Services, Ellington House, 50 The Avenue, Northwood, Middlesex, phone 09274 21389. It is also available, priced 211.50, through many large bookshops.
CONCESSION GUIDE • I ler Majesty's Customs & Excise has published its list of extra statutory concessions (Notice 748) which replaces the previous guide issued in January 1986.
In certain circumstances where remission or repayment of VAT, customs duty or excise duty is not provided for by law, Customs and Excise may allow relief on an extrastatutory basis.
The latest pamphlet lists extra-statutory concessions currently in force, including VAT and C&E concessions.
Copies of Notice 748 should be available from HM bookshops, or from local Customs and Excise offices.