Outline
FBHVC’s primary activity
is to monitor legislation, identify potential problems that
might affect the users of older vehicles and lobby accordingly.
FBHVC is a Company Limited by
Guarantee (Registered number 3842316).
It is run by an elected Board of 10, all of whom are volunteers
who receive no payment other than occasional expenses. Board
members are elected for a two-year term, half one year and eight
the next.
Individual
board members (click here
to view list) take responsibility for different aspects of FBHVC’s
work, much of which is undertaken through a specialist sub-committee
that concentrates on legislative and technical issues.
The board employs
an agency to provide office accommodation and address, undertake
routine administration work and to provide a secretarial service.
The principal of the agency is the nominated secretary
Background
FBHVC was formally constituted as an unincorporated
association in 1988 when the Historic Vehicle Clubs Committee
(HVCC) and the Classic Vehicle Clubs Committee (CVCC) joined
forces. Both organisations were ad hoc committees that had been
created to look after the interests of elements of the historic
vehicle movement.
The need for such representation
was triggered over 40 years ago by the introduction of annual
vehicle testing - the "Ten Year Test" as it was then
known. An informal group representing the major old vehicle
clubs of the era was formed and it styled itself as the Historic
Vehicle Clubs Joint Committee. This committee concentrated entirely
on pre-WW 2 vehicles and operated largely behind the scenes,
making much use of the “old boy” network, to ensure
that new legislation took account of the needs of the old vehicle
user.
By the early 1980s, the group's
title had been shortened to HVCC and the CVCC had also been
formed to provide similar representation for post-war vehicles.
The two bodies soon had a common battle to fight with the first
"tax on possession" proposal.
At the same time, the political
scene was changing with growing influence from Europe. HVCC
found that its behind the scenes approach was becoming less
effective in Westminster and was no help in Brussels. There
was urgent need for greater recognition and that required a
formal structure. HVCC and CVCC agreed to join forces and FBHVC
was born.
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