# The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2004, 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 as amended by Commission Directive 2003/127/EC of 23 December 2003;”.
(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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3298/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-registration-and-licensing-amendment-no-5-regulations-2004/regulation-3
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