The Department for Transport, Communications and Works announces that the Cabinet has today approved an Amendment to the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Regulations 1984 to 2022, relating to vehicles subject to damage by collision, flood, hailstorm, fire or anything else, so that there is a history of a vehicle's condition.
After the Cabinet meeting, Mr. Karousos said that "in this way there will be information to buyers about the history of the car they wish to buy, while avoiding phenomena where cars, involved in a collision and deemed unsuitable, are repaired and put back on the roads."
Under the new regulations in the bill, a central database will be created at the Department of Road Transport (DOT), and damage assessors, insurers and repairers will have an obligation to update it with entries. Failure to declare damage will be illegal and will be prosecuted. Damage will also be included in the vehicle registration certificate.
The amendment to the law will resolve issues relating to informing the buyer as to what damage a vehicle has had or whether it has been involved in a road traffic collision. In addition, a long-standing demand of both importers of new and used vehicles is met.
In his statements, the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Mr. Yiannis Karousos expressed his satisfaction as the new bill of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works strengthens the effort to improve road safety, as he said "a vehicle involved in a road collision must undergo a technical inspection again after it has been repaired to determine its suitability. With this recording we are contributing to the effort to reduce the number of unfit vehicles on the road network."
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