Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 would transfer responsibility for commercial vehicle testing from local authorities to the Road Safety Authority, with tighter controls on test centres, roadside inspections, operator checks and risk-based enforcement. Owners would have to keep vehicles roadworthy and could face fines, vehicle detention or other penalties for non-compliance; vehicles would generally need a valid roadworthiness certificate for motor tax. It would also move driver-licensing services to the Authority and support the introduction of secure plastic driving licences, aiming to improve road safety, consistency and administrative efficiency.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for a system to ensure the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles, to provide for the conferral of functions on the Road Safety Authority in relation to such system, to give further effect to Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 in relation to the introduction of a risk rating system, to amend the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011 and, in relation to driver licensing, certain other enactments and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018