Regulation 22 Change of keeper: registration document issued ... on or after 24th March 1997 and the new keeper not a vehicle traderF17

This regulation applies where—

The registered keeper of the vehicle—

Where F9a registration document in respect of the vehicle has been issued and all parts of the registration document have been, or may have been, lost, stolen or destroyed, the new keeper shall submit an application to the Secretary of State for the issue of a new registration document F10and, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, that application shall be accompanied by a fee of F11£25.

An application under paragraph (3) may, if the Secretary of State thinks fit, be made orally by telephone or by electronic means.

Where the new keeper can produce to the Secretary of State that part of the document marked as the part which is to be given to the new keeper, the new keeper may submit an application to the Secretary of State for the issue of a new registration document F13....

An application under paragraph (4) may, if the Secretary of State thinks fit, be made orally by telephone or by electronic means and in any other case must be accompanied by the part of the registration document which is marked as the part which is to be given to the new keeper.

On receiving notification in accordance with this regulation the Secretary of State must—

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.

A new registration document issued in accordance with paragraph (6) 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.