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The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

S.I. 2003/2154 · Made 19 August 2003

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 19th August 2003

Laid before Parliament 26th August 2003

Coming into force 1st October 2003

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(1)(c) and (d), (1B), (2) and (2A), 57(1) and 59(2)(a) of, and paragraph 24 of Schedule 2 to, the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994 c. 22; in section 22 subsection (1)(d) was amended by the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) Schedule 2, paragraph 4; subsection (1B) was inserted by the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4) Schedule 4, paragraph 34 and amended by the Finance Act 1996, Schedule 2, paragraphs 4 and 5 and Schedule 41, Part II(6); subsection (2A) was inserted by the Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58) section 14(3).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Preliminary
  3. 3Change of keeper
  4. 4Disclosure of registration and licensing particulars
  5. 5Nil licences
  6. 6Regulations prescribed under section 59(2) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994
  7. 7Exempt vehicles: vehicles imported by members of foreign armed forces and others
  8. Signature
  9. Schedule PARAGRAPHS TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4 OF SCHEDULE 5 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
  10. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st October 2003.

2Preliminary

The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002f1 shall be amended as follows.

3Change of keeper

(1)

In regulation 21(3) for “he shall notify” there shall be substituted “he shall forthwith notify”.

(2)

In regulation 22(2)(b) for “the remainder of the registration document to the Secretary of State, duly completed to include the following” there shall be substituted “to the Secretary of State on the remainder of the registration document, or otherwise in writing, the following information”.

(3)

In regulation 24(5)(a)(iii) for “registered keeper” there shall be substituted “vehicle trader”.

4Disclosure of registration and licensing particulars

In regulation 27(1)(d) “in Northern Ireland” shall be omitted.

5Nil licences

In regulation 33(1) after “otherwise” there shall be inserted “than”.

6Regulations prescribed under section 59(2) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994

In regulation 47 for “(fines not to exceed level 3 on the standard scale applies)” there shall be substituted “(fines not to exceed level 3 on the standard scale) applies”.

7Exempt vehicles: vehicles imported by members of foreign armed forces and others

In Schedule 5 for paragraph 3 and 4 there shall be substituted paragraphs 3 and 4 as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David Jamieson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

19th August 2003

PARAGRAPHS TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4 OF SCHEDULE 5 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

“List of countries

3.

The countries referred to in paragraph 1(2)(b) are—

AlbaniaMalaysia
Antigua and BarbudaMaldives
ArmeniaMalta
AustraliaMauritius
AustriaMoldova
AzerbaijanNamibia
The BahamasNauru
BangladeshThe Netherlands
BarbadosNew Zealand
BelarusNigeria
BelgiumNorway
BelizePakistan
BotswanaPapua New Guinea
BruneiPoland
BulgariaPortugal
CanadaRomania
The Republic of CyprusRussia
The Czech RepublicSaint Christopher and Nevis
DenmarkSaint Lucia
DominicaSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
EstoniaSamoa
FijiSeychelles
FinlandSierra Leone
FranceSingapore
The GambiaSlovakia
GeorgiaSlovenia
GermanySolomon Islands
GhanaSouth Africa
GreeceSpain
GrenadaSri Lanka
GuyanaSwaziland
HungarySweden
IndiaSwitzerland
ItalyTanzania
JamaicaTonga
KazakhstanTrinidad and Tobago
KenyaTurkey
KiribatiTurkmenistan
KyrgyzstanTuvalu
LatviaUganda
LesothoUkraine
LithuaniaUnited States of America
LuxembourgUzbekistan
The Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaVanuatu
Zambia
MalawiZimbabwe

List of headquarters and organisations

4.

The headquarters and organisations referred to in paragraph 1(2)(c) are—

  • The Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT)

  • The Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)

  • Headquarters Allied Forces North Western Europe (AFNORTHWEST)

  • Headquarters Allied Air Forces North Western Europe (AIRNORTHWEST)

  • Headquarters Allied Naval Forces North Western Europe (NAVNORTHWEST)

  • Headquarters Maritime Air Forces North West (MARAIRNORTHWEST)

  • Headquarters Submarine Forces North West (SUBNORTHWEST)

  • Headquarters Allied Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (EASTLANT)

  • Headquarters Maritime Air Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (MARAIREASTLANT)

  • Headquarters Submarine Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (SUBEASTLANT)

  • Headquarters United Kingdom—Netherlands Amphibious Force (UKNLAF)

  • Headquarters United Kingdom—Netherlands Landing Force (UKNLLF)

  • The NATO Airborne Early Warning Force Headquarters and the NATO E-3A Component”

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 (“the Principal Regulations”).

Regulation 3 amends provisions of the Principal Regulations about changes in the keeper of a vehicle. Regulation 4 amends regulation 27 of the Principal Regulations so that the exemption from the payment of a fee for the disclosure of information is extended to all Customs and Excise officers. Regulations 5 and 6 make small drafting amendments to regulations 33 and 47.

Regulation 7 amends Schedule 5 to the Principal Regulations, which exempts vehicles imported by members of specified foreign armed forces and international headquarters and organisations from vehicle excise duty, by substituting new lists of countries and other bodies concerned.