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The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002
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- 2002 No. 2742
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[F1Issue of new registration document from 26th October 2015U.K.
15A—(1) This regulation applies where a request for a new registration document is made on or after 26th October 2015.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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 paragraphs (2) and (3).
(5) The provisions of Schedule 3A shall have effect in relation to the issue of a new registration document in respect of a vehicle (in this regulation and in Schedule 3A called “the relevant vehicle”) where [F2paragraph (6) applies] and one of the conditions in paragraph (7) is satisfied.
[F3(6) This paragraph applies where the relevant vehicle is—
(a)designed and constructed primarily for the carriage of passengers and their luggage, has no more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat and has no space for standing passengers,
(b)designed and constructed primarily for the carriage of goods and has a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes, or
(c)of a type within categories L1e to L7e described in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approval and market surveillance of two or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles.]
(7) The conditions are that—
(a)an insurer has informed the Secretary of State that [F4the relevant vehicle has sustained damage;]
(b)the registration document has been surrendered to the Secretary of State under regulation 20(5) (change of keeper: general provisions);
(c)the keeper of a fleet has informed the Secretary of State that the relevant vehicle has not been insured with an insurer and [F5it has sustained damage.]]
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F1Reg. 15A inserted (1.10.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1657), regs. 1, 5
F2Words in reg. 15A(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Registration, Registration Plates and Excise Exemption) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1295), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Reg. 15A(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Registration, Registration Plates and Excise Exemption) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1295), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in reg. 15A(7)(a) substituted (19.2.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/52), regs. 1, 5(a)
F5Words in reg. 15A(7)(c) substituted (19.2.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/52), regs. 1, 5(b)
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