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SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT : Sir, inspections of light goods
vehicles under 1.9 tonnes will start as soon as we have
amended the regulations governing the inspection of such
vehicles. I take the point that we need to look at the
vehicles' standards and their road worthiness in each
case. At present, according to police records, the number
of light goods vehicles inspected and found to be
defective is about 2,000 vehicles per year over the last
two years. This number is about 63 per cent of all
vehicles inspected by the police and Transport Department
spot-check basis. We do believe that because of
these figures, it is important to require vehicles under
1.9 tonnes to be inspected annually as a start. And as I
said earlier, this will be extended to all goods vehicles
by 1991.
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