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HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No. There is no time limit in these regulations on how long UK ships can use EU-approved equipment. The regulations allow UK ships to use EU-approved equipment or UK-approved…20 Feb 2019HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, these regulations will be made under powers in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act, and are needed if we leave the EU without a deal. Marine equipment, as we are…20 Feb 2019HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 16 January be approved.20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019On Northern Ireland and specifically the Good Friday agreement, which I think the noble Lord pointed to, the Commission and the UK have said that they will respect the Good Friday…20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank noble Lords for their consideration of these draft regulations. I start by saying that this is not a situation the Government want to be in. We do not want no deal; we are…20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, these draft regulations will be made under the powers in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, and will be needed if the UK leaves the European Union in March…20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 24 January be approved.20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019As I said, they are currently aligned. Rules on driving time, rest time and requirements for the use and installation of tachographs are the same in the AETR and the EU rules.…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No, it is not. For many standards, whether it is UNECE standards or the AETR, we are a contracting party. If we leave the European Union without a deal, we will not be a member of…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No, I did not mean to say that. As I said, there will be no change for drivers from these regulations; the rules will stay the same. The EU rules are the same as the AETR rules.…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019All EU countries are party to the AETR and practically all international road freight beginning or ending in the UK begins or ends in an AETR country. As I said, if we leave the…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank noble Lords for their consideration of these draft regulations, and I shall turn to the points raised. The need for these regulations is incredibly important. On the…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I was just coming on to those new offences. The new criminal offences are all under the Transport Act. The first is the failure to install or use a tachograph in accordance with…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will go through it in detail. A number of the provisions and offences in Part VI of the Transport Act are being amended to ensure that the AETR is fully applied in the UK, as I…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The penalties precisely mirror those already in place for the existing equivalent offences. For tachographs, the penalty for breaches of the type-approval rules follows the…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, these draft regulations will be made under the powers conferred by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and will be needed if the UK leaves the European Union…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 14 January be approved.20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicle Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 18 December 2018 be approved.20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I take the noble Lord’s point and of course agree that the staff who work in the manufacture of vehicles play a really important role, and we should ensure that their views are…20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The new type-approval regime will be a piece of legislation through a statutory instrument, which will be affirmative and will follow full consultation before it is published. 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