We’ve just published a new LARA ‘paper’, as part of our submission to the MSWG, and we’d really appreciate feedback from those who can remember, or have evidence of, motoring on unsealed roads in the past. Read more on this page.

Read the MSA’s statement about ‘Vnuk’ in this extract from the January 2017 issue of MSA Extra.

We are now able to update the advice given in this News posting.

Individuals are encouraged to visit http://www.fightvnuk.co.uk/ and Sign the Petition linked from the Home Page. Or, alternatively, you can go straight to the online petition here. Do this now!

We call on all motoring organisations, clubs, and representative groups to respond to the Government’s online consultation on behalf of their members and the people they represent. It is linked here. The governing bodies will be providing advice, to their member clubs, on how to complete the consultation and everyone is encouraged to await this advice before doing any more than sign the petition linked above.

We understand that the main governing bodies of motorsport (ACU, AMCA, MSA), together with the MCIA and MIA, are still in negotiations with the Government and will be submitting their own responses to the consultation in early March (the final date for submissions is 31 March 2017).

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Information on the LARA Voluntary restraint scheme added to the website.

We have just published the results of the first set of Site Surveys, originally conducted whilst fighting proposed amendments to the Deregulation Bill (now Act).

The list of Government departments, agencies, and related organisations has been added to the Glossary page.

The Government publications page includes links to download four key DEFRA publications from 2005 and 2007.

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Road Traffic Regulations (Special Events) Act 1994 added to Legislation page.

It’s been almost impossible to miss the recent blizzard of articles in the press, and social media, about this latest threat to motorsport. LARA has been ‘on the case’ since early 2015 when the full implications of this seemingly obscure judgement from the European Court of Justice started filtering through to the UK. It was apparent, at the time, that changes to the UK law on motor insurance would be needed but it has taken the UK Government over two years (the original judgement was in September 2014) to get to the consultation stage for these changes, and it is the announcement of the start of the consultation process which has generated the recent press interest.

The ACU, AMCA, and MSA (all LARA member organisations), together with MCIA, are calling on the government to exempt motor and motorcycle sport from any changes to insurance law which arise from the ECJ judgment. See this page of the ACU website for the best explanation of the current situation, but be sure to click-through, and read, all the linked documents and other websites for a full understanding of all the implications.

We’re pleased to announce that the new LARA website is finally live at https://laragb.org/. Please note that this is a temporary web address until we can redirect the existing http://laragb.org/name to the new site (we’re having problems).

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