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• A long-awaited law designed to tackle overloading in the

4th March 1999, Page 12
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Irish Republic will finally be in force by Easter, says the Irish Transport Department.

For the first time consignors of cargoes will be added to those liable to prosecution for overloaded trucks.

The wide-ranging Road Transport Act will cover overloading, consignor liability and foreign drivers breaking Irish law. It will introduce a five-year Operator's Licence: a one-stopshop for vehicle plating; and home-base parking requirements for HGVs.

Junior Transport Minister Joe Jacob says: "The addition of consignor liability is likely to result in a change in attitude to the overloading problem which undoubtedly exists here." Some drivers of overloaded trucks have been using minor roads to avoid detection, he adds.

Under new regulations, a suspect vehicle can be directed to any weighbridge within 25 km for a weight check.

Foreign hauliers could be arrested if their addresses do not satisfy the police for the purposes of serving summonses for offences under the new rules. A system of automate .£150 fines for some road offences will also be introduced.

Applicants for the new fiveyear 0-licences will have to provide adequate parking and operating premises for their trucks. Licensing documents will be designated as public documents; and a new offence will be created of altering or falsifying a licensing document under the Forgery Act.

• Routine multi-agency road checks are to be introduced in the Irish Republic. The checks are designed to trap welfare cheats—they are being introduced following 10 sample checks last year.

Some 2,000 CVs were stopped in these random checks, leading to 118 prosecutions and a social welfare saving of 085,000.

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