Posted By CarlW My organisation are moving from leased Company Cars provided for individual employees by the company, to a cash opt-out where the individual provides their own vehicle for use on company business. This is raising concerns about liability for maintaining and insuring the vehicles for business use. I would like to hear from anyone who has looked at this subject and found a case for or against opting out of such schemes.

Posted By Bryan Weatherill Be wary of the following - Implications from PUWER, is the vehicle work equipment?? implications from the RTA, the driver is repsonsible for the 'safety' of the vehicle that they are driving. For the former we have a standardised form that lists - driving licence - insurance ceriticate, indicating business use - MOT, that is current. The form is completed with original documents seen, and copied, then signed by the driver, with a statement at the bottom to the effect the any amendments to the former documentation will noted to the company. This of course only applies when the vehicle is being used on company business, sounds silly to so it but does not apply to / fro from home to work - hope that this helps - Bryan