The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002

Change of keeper: registration document issued F1... on or after 24th March 1997 and the new keeper not a vehicle traderU.K.

22.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)there is a change in the keeper of a vehicle;

(b)a vehicle registration document has been issued in respect of the vehicle F2...; and

(c)the new keeper is not a vehicle trader.

(2) The registered keeper of the vehicle—

(a)if the registration document issued in respect of the vehicle is in his possession, shall deliver to the new keeper that part of the document marked as the part which is to be given to the new keeper; and

(b)shall forthwith deliver [F3to the Secretary of State on the remainder of the registration document, or otherwise in [F4writing or, if the Secretary of State thinks fit, orally by telephone or by electronic means] the following information]—

(i)the name and address of the new keeper;

(ii)the date on which the vehicle was sold or transferred to the new keeper; [F5and]

(iii)a declaration F6... by the registered keeper that the details given in accordance with paragraph (i) are correct to the best of his knowledge and that the details given in accordance with paragraph (ii) [F7are correct.]

F8(iv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F9(3) Where [F10a registration document in respect of the vehicle has been issued and] all parts of the registration document have been, or may have been, lost, stolen or destroyed, the new keeper shall submit an application to the Secretary of State for the issue of a new registration document [F11and, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, that application shall be] accompanied by a fee of [F12£25].

[F13(3A) An application under paragraph (3) may, if the Secretary of State thinks fit, be made orally by telephone or by electronic means.]

(4) Where the new keeper can produce to the Secretary of State that part of the document marked as the part which is to be given to the new keeper, the new keeper may submit an application to the Secretary of State for the issue of a new registration document F14....

[F15(4A) An application under paragraph (4) may, if the Secretary of State thinks fit, be made orally by telephone or by electronic means and in any other case must be accompanied by the part of the registration document which is marked as the part which is to be given to the new keeper.]

[F16(5) On receiving notification in accordance with this regulation the Secretary of State must—

(a)record the change in the register; and

(b)subject to [F17regulations 15 and 15A] and paragraph (6), issue to the new registered keeper a new registration document.]

(6) 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.

(7) A new registration document issued in accordance with paragraph (6) 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.]

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