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15/12/2011
Gov To Scrap Driver Licence Papers
The Government has announced it is to scrap the necessity for drivers to hold onto the paper counterpart to their licence from 2015.
The announcement is the result of the "Road Transport Red Tape Challenge", with drivers being "released from reams of red tape" currently required by government, Transport Secretary Justine Greening announced.
Meanwhile, the Government also said it was improving the regulation surrounding the notification process for vehicles that are not in use on the road – or Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN). Once drivers have notified the Driver Vehicular Licencing Authority (DVLA) that their vehicle is SORN, they will no longer have the "burden" of annual SORN renewal.
Other plans include issuing hard-copies of vehicle registration certificates for fleet operators and introducing a limited exemption from drivers’ hours rules so that those who also drive as Territorial Army reservists in their own time can continue to do so.
Announcing the plans on Thursday, Justine Greening said: "Motorists shouldn’t have to keep numerous bits of paper just to prove they can drive and have bought insurance – we live in digital age and we need to embrace that.
"Reducing the number of rules and regulations in our life is absolutely vital to removing barriers to economic growth and increasing individual freedoms. This whole process just proves that there’s so much sitting on our statute books that at the very least needs a good spring clean or can be scrapped entirely."
The announcement comes as the Government unveiled controversial plans to move the DVLA headquarters to a new base in Swansea in South Wales, putting at risk 1200 jobs.
(DW)
The announcement is the result of the "Road Transport Red Tape Challenge", with drivers being "released from reams of red tape" currently required by government, Transport Secretary Justine Greening announced.
Meanwhile, the Government also said it was improving the regulation surrounding the notification process for vehicles that are not in use on the road – or Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN). Once drivers have notified the Driver Vehicular Licencing Authority (DVLA) that their vehicle is SORN, they will no longer have the "burden" of annual SORN renewal.
Other plans include issuing hard-copies of vehicle registration certificates for fleet operators and introducing a limited exemption from drivers’ hours rules so that those who also drive as Territorial Army reservists in their own time can continue to do so.
Announcing the plans on Thursday, Justine Greening said: "Motorists shouldn’t have to keep numerous bits of paper just to prove they can drive and have bought insurance – we live in digital age and we need to embrace that.
"Reducing the number of rules and regulations in our life is absolutely vital to removing barriers to economic growth and increasing individual freedoms. This whole process just proves that there’s so much sitting on our statute books that at the very least needs a good spring clean or can be scrapped entirely."
The announcement comes as the Government unveiled controversial plans to move the DVLA headquarters to a new base in Swansea in South Wales, putting at risk 1200 jobs.
(DW)
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