Government slashes red tape..... (Read 215 times)

[gainsb1]

Lifted from Department of Transport site...

full details here: www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20111215



Government slashes motoring red tape
Publisher: Department for Transport
Published date: 15 December 2011
Type: Press release
Mode/topic: Roads, Legislation

Drivers are to be released from reams of red tape currently required by government, Transport Secretary Justine Greening announced today.

As a result of the Road Transport Red Tape Challenge – the government wide process to get rid of unnecessary, burdensome and overcomplicated regulation – the Department for Transport is:

Scrapping the regulation requiring motorists to hold a paper counterpart to their driving licence by 2015 – saving drivers up to £8m.

Improving the regulation surrounding the notification process for vehicles that are not in use on the road (Statutory Off Road Notification or SORN). Once drivers have notified the DVLA that their vehicle is SORN, they will no longer have the burden of annual SORN renewal.

Removing the need for an insurance certificate. The Department for Transport will work with the insurance industry on removing the need for motorists to have to hold an insurance certificate.

[dreadnought]

Could you clarify the insurance thing, hopefully we are talking about having insurance but not having to have a piece of paper saying so, not being able to drive with no insurance.
If so then swift cover already do that, are they wrong in offering that service.

[30psi]

Insurers can currently provide you with an electronic cover note.

[datman]

Great news about the SORN. maybe they will remove it altogether one day! (yeah)