# Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018, Section 13: Trailer registration


(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.
(2) The regulations may—
(a) require or permit the keeper of a trailer to apply to the Secretary of State for its registration;
(b) make provision about the procedure for applications;
(c) make provision for the purpose of ensuring that each registered trailer has a number which is recorded in the register;
(d) make provision about the form of the register and the information to be included in it;
(e) provide for the giving of registration documents;
(f) provide for the transfer, surrender or production of registration documents;
(g) provide for the expiry of registration documents;
(h) require the destruction of a registration document in specified circumstances;
(i) make other provision in connection with—
(i) the registration of a trailer,
(ii) the transfer of a registered trailer to a new keeper,
(iii) the accuracy of information included in the register, or
(iv) the enforcement of provisions of the regulations.
(3) In this Part—
“motor vehicle” means a mechanically-propelled vehicle which is intended or adapted for use on roads;
“trailer” means anything on wheels which is intended or adapted to be drawn by a motor vehicle;
“regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/19/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/haulage-permits-and-trailer-registration-act-2018/section-13
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