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UKLPG Launches Updated Approved Autogas Installer Scheme

UKLPG has announced that its approved converters will now be known as UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers, with new branding and an lpg vehicle register to go along with the name change.

The new brand is the result of input from UKLPG’s autogas management team, equipment suppliers and approved installers.

Lisa Thomson, communications manager at UKLPG, said: “The new brand keeps the significant element from the previous brand of the green tick, which was felt by approved installers to be essential to the new design. The logo carries the TM mark to protect it from misuse and is currently going through the six-month trademark registration process.

“The drivelpg website will be updated to include details of the changes and we are currently redeveloping the website to include the UKLPG vehicle register search facility on the homepage by the end of August. There will be a public awareness campaign to have vehicles converted or inspected by an approved installer and added to the database if missing.”

UKLPG’s vehicle register is an online central register of new and existing lpg vehicles converted and inspected by approved installers. It will be accessible to insurance companies to check that approved installers converted vehicles.

Vehicle owners, who now have responsibility for notifying the DVLA and insurance companies that their vehicle has been converted to lpg, will be given a registration receipt by the approved installer. The Association of British Insurers has agreed to introduce the updated scheme to its members.

Mike Chapman, UKLPG’s autogas manager, said: “Code of Practice 11 is being revised and will be introduced later in the year. There will be an increased number of vehicle inspections with a focus on poor conversions. The inspection regime will focus on where standards of quality are not being met.

“An installer who is not meeting these standards will have to improve, otherwise they will be removed from the scheme. There will also be annual visits to installers to provide support and information, as well as monitoring of standards for the Office of Fair Trading Approved Consumer Codes.

“There will also be a change in the complaints procedure to provide a clearly defined conciliation service. UKLPG will introduce a professional independent arbitration service to enable a final resolution on complaints.”

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