The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002

[F1Registration documentU.K.

10A.—F2(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3(1A) Paragraph (3A) applies to any vehicle registered under the 1994 Act or its predecessor legislation.]

[F4(2) A registration document issued on or after IP completion day must contain the following information, unless it is not available to the Secretary of State, and be in such form, and contain such other particulars, as the Secretary of State may specify—

(a)the registration mark M1 of the vehicle;

(b)the name and address of the keeper M2 of the vehicle;

(c)the date of first registration of the vehicle in the United Kingdom;

(d)the date of first registration of the vehicle in, and under the law of, a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, if applicable;

(e)the following information about the vehicle—

(i)the make, type and model;

(ii)the engine cylinder capacity;

(iii)the type approval number;

(iv)the vehicle identification number;

(v)the engine number;

(vi)the chassis or frame number;

(vii)the fuel type;

(viii)the seating capacity;

(ix)the unladen weight;

(x)the maximum authorised mass.]

F5(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F6(3A) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Regulations, the Secretary of State may, without charge and on surrender by the registered keeper of a registration document issued before [F7IP completion day], issue to the registered keeper a registration document F8... in respect of the same vehicle if it appears proper and reasonable to him to do so.]

(4) In registering for the first time on or after [F9IP completion day] a vehicle, which has been registered in [F10a] member State or Gibraltar, the Secretary of State shall recognise as a registration document a document which has been issued in respect of that vehicle by that F11... member State or Gibraltar if it complies with [F12EU law or the law of Gibraltar, as the case may be ].

(5) Where the Secretary of State registers a vehicle in accordance with paragraph (4) he shall—

(a)retain the former registration document for not less than 6 months; and

(b)within 2 months of registration in the United Kingdom, notify the authorities in the member State or in Gibraltar where the vehicle was previously registered of his act of registration.]

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M1“Registration mark” is defined in section 62 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22).

M2“Keeper” is defined in regulation 3(1) of S.I 2002/2742.