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| Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance
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| Amendments tabled since the last publication: 14, NC1 (b), (c), (d), (e) and NC1 (a) (aa) |
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| Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration
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| | This document includes all amendments tabled to date and includes any |
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| | withdrawn amendments at the end. The amendments have been arranged in |
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| | accordance with the Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee.
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| | Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee |
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| | The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill |
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| | agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Monday 21 May (Standing Order 83C): |
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| | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 9.25am on Tuesday 22 |
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| | (a) | at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 22 May; |
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| | (b) | at 11.30 am and 2.00pm on Thursday 24 May; |
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| | (c) | at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 5 June; |
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| | (2) | the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 22; the |
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| | Schedule; Clauses 23 to 26; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining |
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| | (3) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 5 June. |
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| | Jesse Norman has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the |
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| | Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C]. |
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| | That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the |
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| | Committee shall be reported to the House for publication. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 2, at end insert— |
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| | “(3A) | The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report outlining the nature of |
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| | the regulations proposed to be made under this section and an assessment of the |
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| | impact of those regulations on the road haulage industry. |
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| | (3B) | The Secretary of State shall make no regulation under this section during a period |
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| | of no less than six months from the date of his laying before Parliament the report |
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| | required in subsection (3A).” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would require the Secretary of State to lay a report outlining the nature of the |
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| | proposed regulations and assess its impact on the road haulage industry, at least six months before |
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| | the regulations are made. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 38, after “criteria”, insert “, including compliance with |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would explicitly include compliance with emissions standards as a criterion the |
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| | Secretary of State may use in determining whether to grant an application for a permit. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 38, leave out from “or” to the end of line 40 |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would remove reference to first come first serve or an element of random |
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| | selection as methods for granting an application for a permit. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 40, at end insert— |
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| | “(d) | for a number of permits determined by the Secretary of State to be |
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| | available for grant in cases in which the Secretary of State considers it |
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| | inappropriate for provision made under paragraph (c) to be applied, for |
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| | example because of an emergency or other special need.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would allow regulations to provide for the Secretary of State to reserve a certain |
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| | number of permits for grant in cases in which it is inappropriate to apply the normal permit |
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| | allocation procedure set out in regulations, for example because of an emergency or special need. |
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| Clause 2, page 3, line 2, leave out from “permit,” to end of line 3 and insert |
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| “including provision specifying— |
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| | “(i) | when an application is to be made, or that the time when an |
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| | application is to be made is to be determined by the Secretary of |
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| | This amendment would ensure that regulations can provide for the time when a permit application |
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| | is to be made to be determined by the Secretary of State. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | “(4) | The Secretary of State must prepare a report on the number and period of |
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| | temporary exemptions made under this section. |
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| | (5) | The report must be laid before Parliament within the period of one year beginning |
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| | with the day on which this section comes into force and annually thereafter.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would require the Secretary of State to report on temporary exemptions from a |
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| | prohibition imposed in regulations. |
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| Clause 9, page 5, line 30, after “Kingdom” insert “and setting out the number of |
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| permits requested, granted and refused”. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would require the Secretary of State to report on the number of permits requested, |
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| Clause 13, page 9, line 1, at end insert— |
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| | “(2A) | The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report containing proposals |
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| | for a trailer registration scheme. This report must make provision for whether— |
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| | (a) | the proposed registration scheme would be compulsory or voluntary; |
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| | (b) | non-commercial trailers will be included in such a registration scheme; |
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| | (c) | it would be appropriate for the operation of such a registration scheme to |
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| | be run by a third-party authorised by the Secretary of State. |
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| | (2B) | The report must be laid before Parliament within the period of six months |
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| | beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would require the Secretary of State to lay a report before Parliament outlining |
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| | their proposals for a trailer registration scheme within six months of the passing of this Act. |
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| Clause 13, page 9, line 2, leave out subsections (3) to (5) |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment removes provision which is replaced by NC1 and NC2. |
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| Clause 14, page 9, line 31, leave out subsections (3) and (4) |
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| | This amendment removes provision which is replaced by NC1 and NC2. |
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| Clause 23, page 13, line 35, leave out subsection (3) and insert— |
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| | “(3) | A statutory instrument containing any of the following (with or without other |
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| | provision) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before |
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| | and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament— |
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| | (a) | the first regulations under section 1; |
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| | (b) | the first regulations under section 2; |
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| | (c) | the first regulations under section 13; |
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| | (d) | the first regulations under section 18; |
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| | (e) | the first regulations under section (Trailer safety: testing regulations); |
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| | (f) | other regulations under section (Trailer safety: testing regulations) |
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| | This amendment requires the first regulations for periodic testing of trailers (see NC2), and any |
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| | later regulations which amend an Act, to be subject to the affirmative procedure. |
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| Clause 24, page 14, line 8, leave out “Section 11 extends” and insert “Sections 11, |
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| (Trailer safety: report) and (Trailer safety: testing regulations) extend” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment provides that the new clauses about trailer safety (see NC1 and NC2) extend to |
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| | England and Wales and Scotland. |
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| Clause 25, page 14, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | “(1) | Where as an outcome of the negotiations relating to the United Kingdom’s |
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| | withdrawal from the European Union, the United Kingdom remains in the |
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| | European Union’s Community Licence regime, sections 1, 2 and 3 will cease to |
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| | This amendment would mean that the powers set out in section 1, 2 or 3 would not be available to |
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| | the Secretary of State where the UK remains in the European Union’s Community Licence Regime. |
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| Clause 26, page 14, line 25, leave out subsection (2) |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment removes the “privilege amendment” inserted by the Lords. |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State must prepare a report on the number and causes of road |
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| | traffic accidents occurring in England, Wales or Scotland during the reporting |
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5 | | (a) | involved trailers, and |
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| | (b) | caused injury or death to any person. |
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| | (2) | The report must contain an assessment of whether— |
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| | (a) | regulations under section 13 should provide for the compulsory |
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| | registration of relevant trailers; |
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10 | | (b) | regulations under section (Trailer safety: testing regulations) should be |
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| | (3) | The report must be laid before Parliament within the period of one year beginning |
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| | with the day on which this section comes into force. |
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15 | | “relevant trailers” means trailers which are kept or used on roads and— |
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| | (a) | if constructed or adapted to carry a load, weigh more than 750 |
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| | kilograms when laden with the heaviest such load; |
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| | (b) | otherwise, weigh more than 750 kilograms; |
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| | “reporting period” means a period determined by the Secretary of State, |
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20 | | which must be a continuous period of at least 12 months ending no earlier |
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| | than 18 months before the day on which this section comes into force.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This new clause requires a report on road traffic accidents involving trailers to be laid before |
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| | Parliament, including a recommendation as to whether compulsory registration or periodic |
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| | testing of trailers weighing more than 750 kilograms should be introduced. |
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| | As Amendments to Jesse Norman’s proposed New Clause (Trailer safety: report) |
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| Line 5, after “involved” insert “commercial or non-commercial” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would ensure that the reporting requirements apply to both commercial and non- |
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| | “(2A) | The report must contain an assessment of levels of compliance with existing |
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| | provisions relating to the construction, condition or safety of all trailers.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would require the Secretary of State to assess and report on the construction, |
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| | condition and safety of all trailers. |
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| | As an Amendment to Karin Smyth’s proposed Amendment (a):— |
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| Line 2, at end insert “and the installation of tow bars”. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would amend NC1(a) to ensure that the report contains an assessment of |
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| | compliance of existing provisions relating to the installation of tow bars. |
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| | As Amendments to Jesse Norman’s proposed New Clause (Trailer safety: report) |
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| Line 11, at end insert— |
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| | “(2A) | Where reporting on a road traffic accident under subsection (1) which involves a |
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| | tow bar attachment, the Secretary of State must include an assessment of whether |
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| | the tow bar attachment contributed to the accident.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would require the Secretary of State to include information on tow bar |
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| | attachments when reporting on road traffic accidents involving trailers. |
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| Line 13, at end insert “, and each year thereafter”. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would require the Secretary of State to lay a report on trailer-related accidents |
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| | before Parliament annually. |
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| Line 21, at end insert— |
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| | | ““tow bar attachment” means any device used to connect a motor vehicle and |
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| | trailer for the purpose of towing the trailer.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment is consequential on Amendment (c). |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Trailer safety: testing regulations |
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| | (1) | Regulations may provide for periodic testing of the construction, condition or |
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| | safety of relevant trailers. |
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| | (2) | The regulations may amend provision made by or under Part 2 of the Road Traffic |
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| | (3) | The regulations may, in making consequential or other provision as mentioned in |
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| | section 23(1)(a), amend any Act (whenever passed or made). |
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| | (4) | No regulations under this section may be made before the report is laid before |
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| | Parliament under section (Trailer safety: report). |
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| | (5) | In this section, “relevant trailers” has the meaning given by section (Trailer |
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| | This new clause allows the Secretary of State to introduce a system of periodic testing for trailers |
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| | weighing more than 750 kilograms. |
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