The NZ Transport Agency and Meredith Connell have finally cleared the backlog of compliance cases, though it has come at a cost.
The NZ Herald this morning reported the 850 compliance cases had been cleared, at an approximate cost of around $5 million.
The results uncovered cost to 36,000 questionable Warrant and Certificate of Fitness checks and has seen the removal fo a number of vehicle inspectors.
The Motor Trade Association welcomed the news the backlog has been cleared.
MTA chief executive Craig Pomare says this is a significant milestone in NZTA’s work to overhaul its compliance system.
“It is a real tribute to the NZTA Board and Steve Haszard’s leadership.
Haszard is a Meredith Connell, and has been leading the law firms work with the NZTA.
“MTA is working with him and the team at NZTA, as well as others in the sector, to decide how NZTA will operate in the future as it enforces the regulations around vehicle safety,” Pomare says.
“For our part, we are concentrating on delivering a system that assures New Zealanders that when they take their vehicle in for a warrant it will be a rigorous inspection, designed for the vehicles of today.”
MTA represents many of the workshops that carry out WoF inspections and holds its members to the Motor Trade Association’s standards and Code of Conduct.
“There is no room for cowboys in this critical area of vehicle safety and we support NZTA in weeding them out.”
