15.—(1) [F1Unless regulation 15A applies, before] issuing a new registration document in respect of a vehicle under any provision of these Regulations, the Secretary of State may require the keeper of the vehicle to satisfy him by the production of the vehicle or other sufficient evidence that the vehicle—
(a)accords with the particulars furnished when a vehicle or nil licence was last applied for in respect of it; or
(b)is the registered vehicle.
[F2(1A) [F3Unless regulation 15A applies, before] issuing a new registration document the Secretary of State may take actions to satisfy himself that the identity and address of the person seeking to be the registered keeper accords with the information given to him,]
(2) The Secretary of State may refuse to issue a new registration document in respect of a vehicle if he is not satisfied as mentioned in [F4paragraphs (1) and (1A)].
[F5(3) Unless paragraph (3B) applies, the provisions of Schedule 3 shall have effect in relation to the issue of a new registration document in respect of a vehicle (in this regulation and in Schedule 3 called “the relevant vehicle”) where paragraph (3A) applies.
(3A) This paragraph applies where—
(a)the relevant vehicle falls within the category M1 described in [F6Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles]; and
(b)either an insurer has informed the Secretary of State that it has decided to pay the pre-accident value of the relevant vehicle to the owner in preference to paying for is less than the cost of repairing it or the registration document has been surrendered to the Secretary of State under regulation 20(5).
(3B) This paragraph applies if—
(a)the relevant vehicle is a vehicle described in paragraph (3A);
(b)the insurer or the keeper of a fleet has notified the Secretary of State that the relevant vehicle is suitable for repair; and
(c)the request for a new registration document is made on or after 1st October 2015 but before 26th October 2015.
(3C) If paragraph (3B) applies, the Secretary of State must treat the request for a new registration document as made under regulation 15A except that paragraph (1) of that regulation is disapplied.]
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 15(1) substituted (1.10.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1657), regs. 1, 4(2)
F2Reg. 15(1A) inserted (1.1.2004) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3073), regs. 1(1)(b), 4(a)
F3Words in reg. 15(1A) substituted (1.10.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1657), regs. 1, 4(2)
F4Words in reg. 15(2) substituted (1.1.2004) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3073), regs. 1(1)(b), 4(b)
F5Reg. 15(3)-(3C) substituted for reg. 15(3) (1.10.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1657), regs. 1, 4(3)
F6Words in reg. 15(3A)(a) substituted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 16(2) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)
F7Reg. 15(4) omitted (23.3.2015) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/403), regs. 1, 7(3)