18.—(1) If the registered keeper of a vehicle changes his name or his address, he shall forthwith notify the new name or address to the Secretary of State F1...
[F2(1A) Where the registration document has been, or may have been, lost, stolen or destroyed, notification under paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by an application for the issue of a new registration document and[F3, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, by] a fee of [F4£25].]
[F5(1B) A notification under paragraph (1) or an application under paragraph (1A) may, if the Secretary of State thinks fit, be made orally by telephone or by electronic means and in any other case, except where the registration document has been, or may have been, lost, stolen or destroyed, a notification under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by the registration document.
(1C) A notification under paragraph (1) may be made on the registered keeper’s behalf by a vehicle trader by or to whom the vehicle is sold or disposed of.
(2) On receiving notification in accordance with paragraph (1) the Secretary of State must—
(a)record the changes in the register; and
(b)subject to [F6regulations 15 and 15A] and paragraph (3), issue to the registered keeper a new registration document showing the new name or address.
(3) 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.
(4) A new registration document issued in accordance with paragraph (3) 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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 18(1) omitted (23.3.2015) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/403), regs. 1, 11(2)
F2Reg. 18(1A) added (1.3.2004) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/238), regs. 1, 6(b)
F3Words in reg. 18(1A) inserted (16.8.2004) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1773), regs. 1, 7
F4Word in reg. 18(1A) substituted (1.5.2007) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1018), regs. 1, 4
F5Reg. 18(1B)-(4) substituted for reg. 18(2) (23.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/403), regs. 1, 11(3)
F6Words in reg. 18(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2015) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1657), regs. 1, 3(2)(d)