A plan to reduce traffic congestion throughout the country has been formulated by the UAE's Ministry of Interior's traffic department, which involves banning the registration of old vehicles. According to Colonel Gaith Hassan Al Za'abi, director of traffic department at the Ministry of Interior, registration of light vehicles that are 20 years old or more will be stopped beginning January 1 next year. There will also be sanctions on importing light vehicles manufactured more than five years before the date of import as well as heavy vehicles and buses more than seven years old. The ministry's plan falls under the statutory rules to implement cabinet decision Number 1/32 (Year 2008) on reducing traffic congestion across the Emirates.