Regulation 3 Interpretation

In regulation 3 after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(1A)

For the purposes of these Regulations “the registration document fee exemption” applies in relation to the issue of a new registration document for a vehicle if the following conditions are satisfied—

(a)

the vehicle has sustained damage to its bodywork;

(b)

the insurer of the vehicle has notified the Secretary of State that the vehicle was capable of being repaired but that the cost to the insurer of having it repaired would exceed the value of the vehicle in the condition in which it was immediately before it sustained the damage; and

(c)

the last registration document to be issued for the vehicle was destroyed by the insurer in accordance with regulation 20(5).”