# The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 S.I. 2003/2154 · made 19 August 2003 These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 (“the Principal Regulations”). Made under: Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (Section 22, Section 57, Section 59, Schedule 2 paragraph 24) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-registration-and-licensing-amendment-regulations-2003/pdf/uksi_20032154_en.pdf ## Introductory text 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 1994, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: ## 1 Citation 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. ## 2 Preliminary The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 shall be amended as follows. ## 3 Change 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”. ## 4 Disclosure of registration and licensing particulars In regulation 27(1)(d) “in Northern Ireland” shall be omitted. ## 5 Nil licences In regulation 33(1) after “otherwise” there shall be inserted “than”. ## 6 Regulations 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”. ## 7 Exempt 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— Albania Malaysia Antigua and Barbuda Maldives Armenia Malta Australia Mauritius Austria Moldova Azerbaijan Namibia The Bahamas Nauru Bangladesh The Netherlands Barbados New Zealand Belarus Nigeria Belgium Norway Belize Pakistan Botswana Papua New Guinea Brunei Poland Bulgaria Portugal Canada Romania The Republic of Cyprus Russia The Czech Republic Saint Christopher and Nevis Denmark Saint Lucia Dominica Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estonia Samoa Fiji Seychelles Finland Sierra Leone France Singapore The Gambia Slovakia Georgia Slovenia Germany Solomon Islands Ghana South Africa Greece Spain Grenada Sri Lanka Guyana Swaziland Hungary Sweden India Switzerland Italy Tanzania Jamaica Tonga Kazakhstan Trinidad and Tobago Kenya Turkey Kiribati Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan Tuvalu Latvia Uganda Lesotho Ukraine Lithuania United States of America Luxembourg Uzbekistan The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Vanuatu Zambia Malawi Zimbabwe 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2154 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-registration-and-licensing-amendment-regulations-2003 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.