{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-testing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-testing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/304",
  "legislation_title": "Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-testing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Replacement of certificates",
  "text": "(1) If a goods vehicle test certificate has been lost or defaced, an application for the issue of a replacement for the certificate lost or defaced may be made to the Department, and every such application shall be accompanied by the payment of the fee of £10·00.\n(2) On the receipt of an application and fee mentioned in paragraph (1) the Department shall determine whether the vehicle shall be re-examined, and if it determines –\n(a) that no re-examination of the vehicle is required the Department shall issue to the applicant a replacement for the certificate to which the application relates and any such replacement shall have the same effect as the certificate which it replaces and shall be marked “replacement”;\n(b) that a re-examination of the vehicle is required, the Department shall by notice to the sender require the vehicle to be submitted for re- examination at a vehicle testing centre specified in the notice and appoint a date and time for the examination.\n(3) A re-examination under paragraph (2)(b) shall be carried out as if it were a test under regulation 14, the appropriate fee shall be paid as if the examination were a test under that regulation, and the appropriate documents shall be issued in accordance with regulation 14.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in operation at 1.8.2003, see reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/304/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:02:18.714283+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}