time new car owners spent at the Transport Control Department.

The Motor Car Amendment (No. 2) Act 1997 means new cars registered on or after January, 1993 need to be re-examined for licensing purposes only in their third and fifth year and every year thereafter.

Before the amendment, the law said new cars needed to be examined by TCD in the third year and every year thereafter.

Transport Minister Wayne Furbert said the amendment was the next step in the Transport Control Department's quest to provide better customer service.

He said there was little need to examine cars in their fourth year as records showed that very few new cars, which were checked in their third year, had any problems in the fourth.

Mr. Furbert told the House of Assembly the move would cut down on red tape, reduce the number of vehicles being licensed each year and reduce the time people spent at TCD.

If cars were in particularly bad shape after their third year then TCD officers had the power to call those cars in for immediate examination.

Shadow Transport Minister Dennis Lister supported the legislation, saying it was designed to make TCD more user-friendly.

Leonard Gibbons (UBP) said he thoroughly endorsed the legislation but wondered whether Mr. Furbert would consider doing something similar for motor cycles also.

Mr. Furbert said the Department was looking at bikes and discussing possible problems that could arise from not having bikes examined.

The bill was then passed and will now go to the Senate for further discussion.