Regulation 11 Amendment of Regulations

Regulation 18^f1 (notification of a change of the keeper’s name or address) is amended as follows.

In paragraph (1), omit the words “and, except where the registration document has been, or may have been, lost, stolen or destroyed, shall deliver the registration document to him”.

For paragraph (2) substitute—

“(1B)

A notification under paragraph (1) or an application under paragraph (1A) may, if the Secretary of State thinks fit, be made orally by telephone or by electronic means and in any other case, except where the registration document has been, or may have been, lost, stolen or destroyed, a notification under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by the registration document.

(1C)

A notification under paragraph (1) may be made on the registered keeper’s behalf by a vehicle trader by or to whom the vehicle is sold or disposed of.

(2)

On receiving notification in accordance with paragraph (1) the Secretary of State must—

(a)

record the changes in the register; and

(b)

subject to regulation 15 and paragraph (3), issue to the registered keeper a new registration document showing the new name or address.

(3)

Where the registered keeper is the keeper of a fleet, a new registration document must be issued only if that keeper asks for it to be issued.

(4)

A new registration document issued in accordance with paragraph (3) must be sent to the address of the registered keeper unless that keeper has specified another address in the request in which case it may be sent to that other address.”