The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, by its resolution of October 18, amended the Regulation on the State Automobile Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In accordance with the amendments, the Road Safety Center and the special-purpose "Kobra" detachment under the Department of the State Automobile Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as inter-district departments (divisions) of the State Automobile Inspectorate and road patrol service units, have been included in the composition of the State Automobile Inspectorate.
The government also authorized the State Automobile Inspectorate to procure goods, works and services related to the development and production of state license plates for vehicles and special blank products, equipment and technical means related to ensuring road safety and applying vehicle identification numbers in accordance with the requirements of international and state standards, as well as software and technical means related to the functioning of automated systems in the field of road safety and the organization of an automated data transmission network therein.
In addition, the government decided that the State Automobile Inspectorate shall require institutions and organizations, individuals and legal entities to eliminate violations of the rules for the maintenance and operation of motor roads, streets and railway crossings, and to restrict or prohibit repair and construction works and other measures on motor roads, streets and railway crossings if the requirements for ensuring road safety and the safety of its participants are not observed.
The government authorized employees of the State Automobile Inspectorate to check drivers for the presence of a medical certificate of fitness to drive a vehicle of the relevant category when obtaining or exchanging a driver's license and conducting state technical inspection of vehicles.
The government authorized employees of the State Automobile Inspectorate to exercise control over activities related to the manufacture, repair and verification of the technical condition of vehicles, the transportation of goods and passengers, and other types of activities of business entities that affect road safety.
At the same time, the government deprived the State Automobile Inspectorate of the right to participate in the consideration of petitions and the preparation of conclusions on pardons for persons convicted in connection with road traffic accidents.
The government also prohibited the State Automobile Inspectorate from confiscating license plates and imposing administrative penalties on citizens who have committed administrative offenses.
The government also allowed the following documents not to be protected by holographic elements: "Permit for the conversion of a vehicle," "Permit for the right to conduct technical inspection of vehicles by specially authorized commissions," "Approval for the placement of advertising," and "Form for the placement of advertising."