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The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 in Northern Ireland

S.I. 2002/2742 · Made 4 November 2002 · Extends to United Kingdom

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 4th November 2002

Laid before Parliament 8th November 2002

Coming into force

Except regulations 15(3) and 20(4) and (5) 30th November 2002

Regulations 15(3) and 20(4) and (5) 7th April 2003

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(6), 10(1), 11(1), 11(1A), 12(2), (3) and (4), 14(3)(b) and (4), 21(3), 22(1), (1A), (1B), (1C), (1D), (1E), (1G), (2), (2A), (2B), (2C), and (4), 22A, 23(5), 25, 33(1)(b), (1A)(c), (3)(a), (4) and (5), 52(1), 57(1), (2) and (3), 59(2)(a), 61A, 61B and 62(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994M1, by paragraphs 1(2B), 3(5) and 5(3)(e) and (4)(c) of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 2A and 24 of Schedule 2 to that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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1994 c. 22; section 7(6) was amended by the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) Schedule 2 paragraphs 2(1), (4); section 11(1) was amended by the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4) Schedule 4 paragraph 30(2), (3); section 11(1A) was inserted by the Finance Act 1996 Schedule 2 paragraph 3; section 21 was amended by the Finance Act 1995 Schedule 4 paragraph 33 and the Finance Act 1997 (c. 16) Schedule 3 paragraph 9; section 22 was amended by the Finance Act 1995 Schedule 4 paragraph 34, by the Finance Act 1996 Schedule 2 paragraphs 4-7, Schedule 41, by the Finance Act 1997 Schedule 3 paragraphs 3, 9, by the Finance (No 2) Act 1997 (c. 58) section 14(3), Schedule 8 and by the Finance Act 1998(c. 36), section 18, Schedule 27; section 22A was inserted by the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (c. 3) section 33(2); section 33 was amended by the Finance Act 1996 Schedule 2 paragraph 10, the Finance Act 1997 Schedule 3 paragraphs 4, 9; section 57(1) was amended by the Finance Act 1996 Schedule 2 paragraph 16, Schedule 41; section 61A was inserted by the Finance Act 1995 Schedule 4 paragraph 28 and amended by the Finance Act 1996 section 23(3); section 61B was inserted by the Finance Act 1998 Schedule 1 paragraph 17; in Schedule 1, paragraph 1(2B) was inserted by the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23) section 20 and paragraph 3 was inserted by the Finance Act 1995 Schedule 4 paragraph 17; in Schedule 2, paragraph 2A was inserted by the Finance Act 1996 section 15(5).

Contents

  1. Part I: PRELIMINARY
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 2Revocation
  4. 3Interpretation
  5. Part II: LICENCES
  6. 5Application for a vehicle licence on the basis that the reduced pollution requirements are satisfied
  7. 6Exhibition of vehicle and nil licences Repealed
  8. 7Prohibition against exhibiting anything resembling a vehicle, trade or nil licence Repealed
  9. 8Issue of duplicate vehicle, trade and nil licences Repealed
  10. 9Applications for rebates for vehicle and trade licences
  11. 9ASupplement payable on late renewal of vehicle licence
  12. Part III: REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS
  13. 10Registration and issue of registration document
  14. 10ARegistration document
  15. 11Production of vehicle for inspection before assignment of registration mark
  16. 12Production of registration document for inspection
  17. 13Issue of replacement registration document
  18. 14Correction of registration document
  19. 15Issue of new registration document
  20. 15AIssue of new registration document from 26th October 2015
  21. Part IV: NOTIFICATION AND CHANGES
  22. 16Notification of an alteration to a vehicle
  23. 17Notification of destruction or permanent export of a vehicle
  24. 17AVehicles to which the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003 apply
  25. 18Notification of a change of the keeper’s name or address
  26. 19Trade licences: notification of change of holder’s name or address
  27. 20Change of keeper: general provisions
  28. 21Change of keeper: registration document issued in Great Britain before 24th March 1997 Repealed
  29. 22Change of keeper: registration document issued ... on or after 24th March 1997 and the new keeper not a vehicle trader
  30. 23Change of keeper: obligations of registered keeper where vehicle registration document issued ... on or after 24th March 1997 and the new keeper a vehicle trader
  31. 24Change of keeper: obligations of vehicle traders where registration document issued ... on or after 24 March 1997
  32. 25Change of keeper: registration document issued in Northern Ireland Repealed
  33. 26Statutory off-road notification
  34. 26AExceptions to section 31A
  35. Part V: DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
  36. 27Disclosure of registration and licensing particulars
  37. 27AExchange of information
  38. 27BCross border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences Repealed
  39. 28Sale of information derived from particulars contained in the register
  40. Part VI: CROWN VEHICLES AND EXEMPT VEHICLES
  41. 29Application of Regulations to Crown vehicles
  42. 30Registration of Crown vehicles
  43. 31Certificates of Crown exemption Repealed
  44. 32Application of Regulations to exempt vehicles
  45. 33Nil licences
  46. 34Exemptions from vehicle excise duty: vehicles imported by members of foreign armed forces and others
  47. Part VII: TRADE LICENCES
  48. 35Definition of “motor trader”: descriptions of businesses
  49. 36Period for review of decision refusing an application for a trade licence
  50. 37Conditions subject to which trade licences are to be issued
  51. 38Purposes for which the holder of a trade licence may use a vehicle by virtue of the licence
  52. 39Assignment of general registration marks
  53. 40Issue of trade plates
  54. 41Issue of replacement trade plates
  55. 42Display of general registration mark of holder of a trade licence
  56. Part VIII: MISCELLANEOUS
  57. 43Cylinder capacity
  58. 44Seating capacity of buses
  59. 45Recovery vehicles: prescribed purposes
  60. 46Admissibility of evidence from records
  61. 47Regulations prescribed under section 59(2) of the 1994 Act
  62. 48Review
  63. Signature
  64. Schedule 1: REGULATIONS REVOKED
  65. IGreat Britain Regulations Wholly Revoked
  66. IIGreat Britain Regulations Partially Revoked
  67. IIINorthern Ireland Regulations Wholly Revoked
  68. Schedule 2: REDUCED POLLUTION CERTIFICATES AND THE REDUCED POLLUTION REQUIREMENTS
  69. 1Interpretation of Schedule
  70. 1ASpecified cases
  71. 2Applications for reduced pollution certificates
  72. 3Reduced pollution examinations
  73. 3AThe reduced pollution requirements
  74. 4...
  75. 4A...
  76. 4B...
  77. 4C...
  78. 4D...
  79. 5Determination of applications and issue of certificates or notification of refusal
  80. 6Contents of a reduced pollution certificate
  81. 7Reduced pollution certificate to be conclusive
  82. 8Re-examination of an eligible vehicle for which a reduced pollution certificate is in force
  83. 9Rectification notice
  84. 10Revocation, surrender and cancellation of a reduced pollution certificate
  85. 10ARevocation, surrender and cancellation of a reduced pollution certificate
  86. 11Replacement certificates
  87. 12Appeal against refusal or revocation of a certificate
  88. 13Prescribed fees
  89. Schedule 3: ISSUE OF NEW REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
  90. 1Duty of the Secretary of State
  91. 2Examination of vehicle
  92. 3Determination of the Secretary of State
  93. 4Appeals
  94. 5Certificates
  95. 6Giving of notices and certificates
  96. 7The prescribed fee
  97. 8Refund of the prescribed fee
  98. Schedule 3A: ISSUE OF NEW REGISTRATION DOCUMENT FROM 26th OCTOBER 2015
  99. 1Duty of the insurer
  100. 2Duty of the keeper
  101. 3Application for a new registration document
  102. 4Duty of the Secretary of State
  103. 5Determination by the Secretary of State
  104. 6Registration document
  105. Schedule 4: STATUTORY OFF-ROAD NOTIFICATION
  106. Part I: General
  107. 1Interpretation of Schedule
  108. 2Manner in which declaration is to be made and particulars furnished
  109. Part II: Vehicles Registered in the GB Records and Kept in Great Britain
  110. 3Surrender of a vehicle licence—relevant GB vehicle Repealed
  111. 4Expiry of vehicle licence or nil licence—relevant GB vehicle
  112. 5Person keeping an unlicensed vehicle—relevant GB vehicle Repealed
  113. 6Change of keeper of unlicensed vehicle—relevant GB vehicle
  114. Part III: Vehicles Registered in the NI Records and kept in Northern Ireland
  115. 7Surrender of a vehicle licence—relevant NI vehicle Repealed
  116. 8Expiry of vehicle licence or nil licence—relevant NI vehicle
  117. 9Person keeping an unlicensed vehicle—relevant NI vehicle Repealed
  118. 10Change of keeper of unlicensed vehicle—relevant NI vehicle
  119. Schedule 5: EXEMPT VEHICLES: VEHICLES IMPORTED BY MEMBERS OF FOREIGN ARMED FORCES AND OTHERS
  120. 1Scope of exemption
  121. 2Period of exemption
  122. 3List of countries
  123. 4List of headquarters and organisations
  124. Schedule 6: TRADE LICENCES
  125. Part I: Conditions Subject to which Trade Licences are to be issued
  126. 1Paragraph 1
  127. 2Paragraph 2
  128. 3Paragraph 3
  129. 4Paragraph 4
  130. 5Paragraph 5
  131. 6Paragraph 6
  132. 7Paragraph 7
  133. Part II: PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE HOLDER OF A TRADE LICENCE MAY USE A VEHICLE BY VIRTUE OF THE LICENCE
  134. General
  135. 8Interpretation
  136. 9Paragraph 9
  137. Motor traders
  138. 10Purposes for which a motor trader may use a vehicle by virtue of a trade licence
  139. 11Business purposes
  140. 12Paragraph 12 purposes
  141. 13Specified loads
  142. Manufacturers keeping vehicles for research and development
  143. 14Vehicle kept by a motor trader for research and development in the course of his business as a manufacturer
  144. Vehicle testers
  145. 15Purposes for which a vehicle tester may use a vehicle by virtue of a trade licence
  146. Schedule 7: RECOVERY VEHICLES: PRESCRIBED PURPOSES
  147. Part I: Purposes prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 5(3)(e) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act
  148. 1Paragraph 1
  149. 2Paragraph 2
  150. 3Paragraph 3
  151. 4Paragraph 4
  152. Part II: Purposes Prescribed for the Purposes of Paragraph 5(4)(c) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act
  153. 5Paragraph 5
  154. 6Paragraph 6
  155. Schedule 8REGULATIONS TO WHICH SECTION 59(2)(a) OF THE 1994 ACT APPLIES
  156. Explanatory note