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RPC not replaced
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LOGISTICS PROVIDER IT Williams has questioned Vosa's certificate-replacement policies.
After losing its Reduced Pollution Certificate (RPC), the firm was told that, although Vosa had records stating the vehicle did not need testing until September, it would still have to be re-tested at £28.
Huw Davies, transport manager at IT Williams, says: "We want to help prevent global warming; but even then, they refuse to duplicate the certificate."
With respect to the yearly test, a spokesman for Vosa confirmed there is no compromise for lost certificates: "We don't want to give out duplicates."
However, while not suggesting IT Williams was doing anything wrong, he adds: "It's an opportunity for fraud."
The RPC is an incentive for greener trucks, under which qualifying Euro-5 vehicles pay reduced VED. Currently k■ it hout the RPC, the 26-tonne vehicle in question has to pay full price.
Vosa confirmed annual test certificates can be replaced free of charge.
The RPC test costs £28, or £17 if carried out at the same time as an annual test.