The latest news to worry ACE is that SVA will cease to be at the end of March 2009. As you will see from The Birth of ACE the SVA is a very necessary piece of legislation should you be modifying or scratch building a vehicle. The proposal is that it will be replaced with IVA. However there are no copies available for inspection nor is any public consultation needed as it will come into force due to the signing of the EU (non constitution) Treaty. This means it will simply enter our Statutes with no input from our own Government or, more specifically, the people it purports to represent.
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
VOSA - MOT number plate checks
Changes to MOT stations
Changes are afoot to the MOT with the introduction of ‘one man’ test lanes to try to cut down the waiting times for MOT testing.
It has also been discussed, and is in place in some stations, that MOT testing should be done under the complete control of VOSA and not outsourced to private garages.
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Trials of chipped plates continuing
London Emission Zone
This piece of flagship legislation currently only applies to vehicles over 3.5 tons and older than 2001 but is going to be extended by 2012.
In October 2010, lighter goods and commercial passenger vehicles will come into the scheme, with a charge of ONLY £100 per day ! When this occurs, several groups of ‘private’ vehicles will become chargeable, most notably Land Rovers that wer Read More
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