FUTURE LEGISLATION
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• Vehicle dimensions: Changes proposed to C&U regs to allow drawbars up to 18.75m overall length, enforcing EU Directive 96/53. Likely dote November 1997.
• 0-licensing and Plating and Testing Draft Regulations: Published regarding exemptions from 0-licensing, plating and testing.
• Admission to the OccuptitioEC proposals to change the professional competence, financial standing and good repute requirements.
• inentiticat on of 0-licensed vehicles: Consultation undertaken by DETR on ways the identification of 0-licensed vehicles could be improved. Options are enhanced identity discs or a notional computerised database.
• VED incentives for law-emission vehicles: DETR consulted following the Chancellor's Budget announcement of a concession of up to £500 per year from vehicle excise duty rates for lorries meeting stringent emission standards.
• Second generation tachographs: Common position reached by EU Transport Ministers on a framework regulation. Much technical detail still to be agreed. Earliest possible date for fitment to new vehicles is mid-2000.
• Dangerous goods safety advisers: EC Directive requiring companies involved in the transport or loading/unloading of dangerous goods to appoint a safety adviser by 31 December 1999. Implementing legislation expected by mid-1998 to allow time for the training and examination of advisers.
• The White Paper on the Working Time Directive: Sets out proposals for applying the principles of the Directive to the excluded sectors, including road transport. Unspecified new limits on driving time and other work.