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FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1982

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+MUCH WORK WILL BE REQUIRED IN PREPARING FOR THE CHANGE. NEW LICENSING PROCEDURES FOR GOODS VEHICLES AND PASSENGER SERVICE VEHICLES, NEW DRIVING TESTS FOR GOODS VEHICLE DRIVERS, THE MANUFACTURE OF NEW ROAD SIGNS, REVISION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR OFFENCES DEALT WITH BY FIXED PENALTY TICKETS, A NEW EDITION OF THE HIGHWAY CODE AND THE PREPARATION OF EXPLANATORY LEAFLETS ARE AMONG THE TASKS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE CARRIED OUT.+

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AFTER THIS BILL IS ENACTED AND THE REGULATIONS ARE MADE, ABOUT 18 MONTHS WILL BE NECESSARY BEFORE THEY CAN BE BROUGHT INTO OPERATION.

MR SCOTT SAID THE BILL COULD BE DESCRIBED AS THE CAPSTONE OF A SUBSTANTIAL LEGISLATIVE PYRAMID WITH THE MAIN SUPPORTING STRUCTURE BEING THE SEVEN SETS OF SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION.

+THE PUBLICATION OF THE BILL MARKS THE COMPLETION OF A LONG AND COMPLEX TASK DONE WITH GREAT CARE AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR DRAFTING THE LEGISLATION HAVE ACHIEVED THEIR AIM OF PROVIDING A WELL ORGANISED AND MORE EASILY UNDERSTOOD LEGISLATIVE STRUCTURE FOR ROAD TRAFFIC, HE SAID.

ANALYSIS OF DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS FOR MERCHANDISE, RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1982

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) RELEASED DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1982.

THIS SERIES IS DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT COMMODITY EXPORT ITEMS UNDER THE PRESENT EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE COMMODITY ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED.

SINCE ITS SCOPE IS CONFINED TO MERCHANDISE TRADE, TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE NOT INCLUDED.

THE CLASSIFICATION OF COMMODITY EXPORT ITEMS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN IS STRUCTURED UPON THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES (ISIC), AS DISTINCT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL

TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC) WHICH IS ADOPTED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

WHEN INTERPRETING