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02.06.2011 07:57 |
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Activity mode switch
1) Component on front of tachograph instrument by which the driver legally indicates his activities (ie driving, other work, break and rest periods) to ensure they are correctly recorded on the tachograph chart.
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02.06.2011 07:54 |
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Active inventory
1) An inventory from which items are currently being drawn or will be drawn within a short space of time.
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02.06.2011 07:52 |
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Act of Parliament
1) Document setting out Parliamentary law following debate and voting on a Bill by both Houses of Parliament (ie the Commons and the Lords) which then receives the Royal Assent. Acts are enabling legislation which detail new law or give relevant government Secretaries of State powers to create subordinate legislation in the form of regulations published in Statutory Instruments or Statutory Orders.
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02.06.2011 07:50 |
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Act
1) Common abbreviation for an Act of Parliament.
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01.06.2011 22:51 |
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ACOP (ACoP)
1) Approved Code of Practice (ie as typically issued by the HSE on health and safety matters).
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01.06.2011 22:48 |
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ACFO
1) Association of Car Fleet Operators. Trade association for car rental companies.
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02.06.2011 07:56 |
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Activity-based modelling
1) Concept used to ‘test’ a variety of alternative activity strategies using varying quantitative information.
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02.06.2011 07:53 |
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Activa
1) Model designation for Mercedes medium-weight truck range.
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02.06.2011 07:51 |
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Act of God
1) Any fortuitous act/action that could not have been prevented by any amount of human care and forethought. A term used in insurance and meaning an accident of, or caused by, nature, such as flood, storm, lightning or a combination of freak weather conditions. Many policies do not pay out in such eventualities.
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02.06.2011 07:48 |
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ACPO
1) Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Leading campaigners on traffic enforcement, speed limits, etc.
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01.06.2011 22:49 |
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ACL
1) (1) The HSE Approved Carriage List for dangerous goods carriage. (2) Automatic chassis lubrication – a system whereby the moving parts of a goods vehicle suspension system, etc are automatically lubricated by oil pumped from a central reservoir.
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01.06.2011 22:46 |
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ACEA
1) Associations des Constructeurs Europeens de l’Automobile. Europe-wide organization concerned with performance testing of motor vehicles, components and lubricants, etc.
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