{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-etc-single-vehicle-approval-regulations-2003/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-etc-single-vehicle-approval-regulations-2003/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1959",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-etc-single-vehicle-approval-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Assignment of vehicle identification numbers",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) when an application is made for a Minister’s approval certificate in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (3) of regulation 5 the Secretary of State shall assign a vehicle identification number to the vehicle to which the application relates where it appears to him that—\n(a) the vehicle does not have a vehicle identification number which—\n(i) complies with paragraph 3.1.1 of the Annex to Directive 93/34/EC; or\n(ii) has been previously assigned to the vehicle under this regulation; or\n(b) the vehicle does not fall within sub-paragraph (a) but has a vehicle identification number which is inadequate for the purpose of enabling it to be identified.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the vehicle identification number of a vehicle does not correspond with the frame number or chassis number, as appropriate, of that vehicle.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1959/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:13:15.324261+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."
}