Regulation 3 The Directive

(1)

In regulation 3(1), after the definition of “bicycle” there shall be added—

““the Directive” means Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 1999 on the registration documents for vehicles^f1 as amended by Commission Directive 2003/127/EC of 23 December 2003^f2;”.

(2)

In regulation 10A—

(a)

in paragraph (1), there shall be added at the beginning “Subject to paragraph (1A),”;

(b)

after paragraph (1), there shall be added—

“(1A)

Paragraph (3A) applies to any vehicle registered under the 1994 Act or its predecessor legislation.”;

(c)

in paragraph (2), for “Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles” there shall be substituted “the Directive”;

(d)

in paragraph (3), for “Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles” there shall be substituted “the Directive”;

(e)

after paragraph (3), there shall be added—

“(3A)

Notwithstanding any other provision of these Regulations, the Secretary of State may, without charge and on surrender by the registered keeper of a registration document issued before 31st January 2004, issue to the registered keeper a registration document which is in a form provided for by the Directive in respect of the same vehicle if it appears proper and reasonable to him to do so.”; and

(f)

in paragraph (4), for “Council Directive 1999/37/EC” there shall be substituted “the Directive”.

(3)

In regulation 27A, for “Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles” there shall be substituted “the Directive”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ No. L.138, 1.6.1999, p. 57.
f2: OJ No. L.10, 16.1.2004, p. 29.