Consultation outcome

Improving new vehicle safety and environmental compliance plus passenger vehicle digital radio requirement

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 1 June 2020
• Last updated: 7 August 2020 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

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Improving new vehicle safety and environmental compliance plus passenger vehicle digital radio equipment – summary of responses and outcome

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Detail of outcome

As a result of this consultation, we are:

• making regulations to implement the proposed penalties to support the enforcement of the technical standards in the type approval framework
• implementing the requirements for DAB radios in new passenger vehicles, where radios are fitted (see the outcome of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s related consultation on the implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code)

• reviewing proposed changes to the technical requirements and production limits for small series manufacturers for inclusion in future legislation

Detail of feedback received

A summary of public feedback is included in the consultation outcome.

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Original consultation

Summary

Increasing the Department for Transport's powers to better enforce vehicle manufacturing plus requiring digital radios in new cars and buses.

This consultation ran from
1 June 2020 to 11:45pm on 26 June 2020

Consultation description

Seeking views on 2 proposals affecting the manufacturing of road vehicles. The proposals are:

• the Vehicle Certification Agency and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency are granted increased powers to better monitor the manufacturing of road vehicles in order to maintain safety and environmental standards, known as type approval, plus issue civil penalties for non-compliance
• all new cars and buses which are fitted with a radio must have a radio capable of receiving digital radio stations, in line with the European Electronic Communications Code

Documents

Improving road vehicle standards enforcement

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Draft statutory instruments: the Road Vehicles (Approval) regulations 2020

PDF, 1.4 MB, 140 pages

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Published 1 June 2020
Last updated 7 August 2020 + show all updates

1. 7 August 2020

   Added summary of consultation responses and outcome.

2. 1 June 2020

   First published.