Government
slashes motoring red tape
Chris
Hunt Cooke has sent in news from the DfT that drivers
are to be released from reams of red tape currently required
by Government - it was announced today by Transport Secretary
Justine Greening.
See the DfT webpage with the details of the announcement. More
The Red Tape Challenge was launched
by the Prime Minister on 7th April 2011. It gives the public
the chance to have their say on some of the 21,000 regulations
that affect their everyday lives. See the DfT website.
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A
total of 142 road transport regulations will now
be scrapped or improved Transport Secretary Justine
Greening announced today. |
As
a result of the Road Transport Red Tape Challenge,
the UK Government wide process to get rid of unnecessary,
burdensome and overcomplicated regulation - drivers
are to be released from reams of red tape currently
required by Government. The Transport Secretary,
Justine Greening, announced the plans to slash motoring
red tape today.
Two changes will be of particular interest to
classic car enthusiasts - the Department for
Transport (DfT) is:
Driving
licence
Scrapping the regulation requiring motorists to
hold a paper counterpart to their driving licence
by 2015 – saving drivers up to £8m.
SORN
Improving the regulation surrounding the notification
process for vehicles that are not in use on the
road (the Statutory Off Road Notification or SORN
process). Once drivers have notified the DVLA that
their vehicle is on a SORN, they will no longer
have the burden of an annual SORN renewal.
Other proposed changes to road transport
regulations include:
Only issuing hard copies of V5C vehicle registration
certificates for fleet operators when needed, with
the potential to be rolled out to private motorists.
Introducing a limited exemption from drivers’
hours rules so that those who also drive as Territorial
Army reservists in their own time can continue to
do so.
Removing the need for an insurance certificate.
The Department for Transport will work with the
insurance industry on removing the need for motorists
to have to hold an insurance certificate.
Abolishing the requirement for drivers to prove
they have insurance when applying for road tax meaning
600,000 more people will be able to tax their car
online. This has been made possible by new checks
of existing databases for insurance under new Continuous
Insurance Enforcement rules. The DVLA’s records
are compared regularly with the Motor Insurance
Database (MID) to identify registered keepers of
vehicles that appear to have no insurance.
DfT will look at the experience in other countries
on driver Certificates of Professional Competence
(CPC) - the qualification for professional bus,
coach and lorry drivers. In particular, to see if
we could remove the need for some sectors, such
as farmers who drive stock to market, from needing
a CPC.
Local Authorities will now have to ensure business
interests are properly considered as part of any
future proposed Workplace Parking Levy scheme. They
must show they have properly and effectively consulted
local businesses, have addressed any proper concerns
raised and secured support from the local business
community.
Abolishing the regulations on the treatment of lost
property on buses. Bus companies currently have
to wait 48 hours before they can throw away perishable
items left on the bus. More |
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