LANGLEY, B.C. — At the urging of the British Columbia Trucking Association, the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced changes to the Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) that are said to provide the government with greater oversight of facilities and require inspectors to ensure the safety of the vehicles under their review.

According to the BCTA, the amendments "will increase compliance through stronger audit powers, including direct access to inspection facilities to conduct ministry-led vehicle inspections."

They include:

— Simplifying and strengthening the ability to cancel the designation of a facility or inspector to conduct mechanical or structural integrity vehicle inspections under the provincial program.?

— Improve monitoring to closely track and scrutinize inspection facility owners and directors, as well as individual inspectors.?

"These amendments help to level the playing field for conscientious facilities and inspectors who refuse to cut corners and who maintain high safety standards," says BCTA’s Paul Landry.