Historic
Vehicles MoT Exemption Review Consultation
An
interesting development which is part of the UK Government's
"Reducing Regulation" agenda. Anything
which helps recognise the interests of classic car owners is
good news.
Posted: 071111
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Proposal to exempt vehicles of historic interest manufactured
prior to 1st January 1960
Chris Hunt Cooke says whilst "this consultation
does not of course affect any MGV8s, it may be of interest"
to fellow members." An interesting development which
is part of the UK Government's "Reducing Regulation"
agenda. Anything
which helps recognise the interests of classic car owners
is good news. |
Text
of an email from DfT to the Federation of British
Historic Vehicle Clubs dated 3rd November 2011
I am writing to inform you that the Department for
Transport has today published a consultation on
a proposal to exempt vehicles of historic interest
(vehicles manufactured prior to 1 January 1960)
in Great Britain (GB) from statutory MoT test,
as allowed under Article 4(2) of the EU Directive
2009/40/EC.
The EU Directive of the European Parliament and
of the Council, Chapter II, Exceptions, Article
4 states: “Member States may, after consulting
the Commission, exclude from the scope of this Directive,
or subject to special provisions, certain vehicles
operated or used in exceptional conditions and vehicles
which are never, or hardly ever, used on public
highways, including vehicles of historic interest
which were manufactured before 1 January 1960 or
which are temporarily withdrawn from circulation.
Member States may, after consulting the Commission,
set their own testing standards for vehicles considered
to be of historic interest.”
The Government believes that the proposed exemption
will reduce regulatory burden on owners of historic
vehicles, meet its Reducing Regulation agenda
and the desire to remove unnecessary burdens.
It will also bring the age of vehicles requiring
the statutory MoT test in line with The Goods Vehicles
(Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988, which already
exempts unladen pre-1960 manufactured Heavy Goods
Vehicles from the roadworthiness test.
The
purpose of the consultation is to invite views on
proposals to exempt vehicles of historic interest
from the statutory MoT test in GB. The consultation
will run until 26th January 2012. Copies of
the consultation document along with the consultation
response form are available on the DfT website at
www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2011-27.
Mr
Jeaur Rahman
Roads
Strategic Projects
Department
for Transport
3/22
Great Minster House
33
Horseferry Road
London
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