{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/haulage-permits-and-trailer-registration-act-2018/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/haulage-permits-and-trailer-registration-act-2018/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/19",
  "legislation_title": "Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/haulage-permits-and-trailer-registration-act-2018",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Trailer registration",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may provide for the compulsory or voluntary registration of trailers kept or used on roads in a register kept by the Secretary of State.\n(2) The regulations may—\n(a) require or permit the keeper of a trailer to apply to the Secretary of State for its registration;\n(b) make provision about the procedure for applications;\n(c) make provision for the purpose of ensuring that each registered trailer has a number which is recorded in the register;\n(d) make provision about the form of the register and the information to be included in it;\n(e) provide for the giving of registration documents;\n(f) provide for the transfer, surrender or production of registration documents;\n(g) provide for the expiry of registration documents;\n(h) require the destruction of a registration document in specified circumstances;\n(i) make other provision in connection with—\n(i) the registration of a trailer,\n(ii) the transfer of a registered trailer to a new keeper,\n(iii) the accuracy of information included in the register, or\n(iv) the enforcement of provisions of the regulations.\n(3) In this Part—\n“motor vehicle” means a mechanically-propelled vehicle which is intended or adapted for use on roads;\n“trailer” means anything on wheels which is intended or adapted to be drawn by a motor vehicle;\n“regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/19/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:46.221421+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."
}