10.—(1) A vehicle shall not be registered under section 21 of the 1994 Act unless a fee of [F1£55] has been paid to the Secretary of State.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a vehicle which is an exempt vehicle by virtue of paragraph 18 or 19 of Schedule 2 to the 1994 Act M1.
(3) The Secretary of State may register a vehicle in either the GB records or the NI records as he considers appropriate and may, if he thinks fit, remove the particulars of a vehicle included in one of those parts of the register and include them in the other.
(4) On registering a vehicle the Secretary of State shall issue a registration document to the keeper of the vehicle.
(5) Subject to paragraph (6) and regulation 11, the Secretary of State shall issue the registration document forthwith, except where the vehicle is registered in consequence of an application for a vehicle licence by [F2the keeper of a fleet] M2, in which case the registration document shall be issued when that person asks for it to be issued.
[F3(5A) A new registration document issued in accordance with paragraph (5) 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.]
(6) Before issuing a registration document to the keeper of a vehicle, the Secretary of State may require him to produce the vehicle for inspection or to produce other evidence that the vehicle accords with the particulars furnished when a vehicle or nil licence was applied for in respect of it.
(7) The Secretary of State may refuse to issue a registration document or replacement registration document for a vehicle if he is not satisfied that the vehicle accords with those particulars.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 10(1) substituted (1.4.2008) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/642), regs. 1, 2
F2Words in reg. 10(5) substituted (23.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/403), regs. 1, 4(2)
F3Reg. 10(5A) inserted (23.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/403), regs. 1, 4(3)
Marginal Citations
M1Paragraph 19 of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act was amended by the Finance Act 1997 section 17.
M2Section 7(3A) of the 1994 Act was inserted by the Finance Act 1996 Schedule 2 paragraph 2(2).