Secretary of State for Transport (): I am pleased to inform the
House that today I am publishing a strategy setting out our
approach to the future regulation of road vehicles.
Following our departure from the EU, we have the freedom to
rethink the “type approval” rules which apply to all cars, vans,
motorcycles and other vehicles sold in the UK.
Whilst maintaining our high standards of safety and environmental
protection, wherever possible we will reduce the administrative
burden of demonstrating compliance with regulations.
We will build a framework based on three key principles:
- Use international standards wherever possible – making
regulation cheaper to follow for importers and exporters.
- Deregulate low risk areas and accept alternative national
standards where international standards do not exist or aren't
suitable. If we don't need to regulate, we won't. If products can
be proved safe in a comparable jurisdiction we won't impose the
cost of unnecessary re-testing.
- Introduce UK-specific rules only where necessary, for example
to introduce new technology more quickly, to simplify
administrative requirements for industry or where we need to act
for safety reasons.
In the short term, we will implement these principles with a
three-year programme of reform to retained EU regulations. This
will include options for future emission regulation and plans to
introduce new safety technologies, such as automated lane
keeping, and regulation to strengthen cyber security.
I will place a copy of A Vision for GB Type Approval in the
libraries of both Houses.
A vision for GB type
approval
Figure 1: theory of change
framework
