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Regulation 15A(5)

[F1SCHEDULE 3AU.K.ISSUE OF NEW REGISTRATION DOCUMENT FROM 26th OCTOBER 2015

Textual Amendments

[F2Duty of the insurerU.K.

1.—(1) If an insurer determines that the relevant vehicle for which it provides a policy of insurance has sustained damage such that the repair costs, or the total cost of repair and associated ancillary costs, exceed the pre-accident value of that vehicle or the insurer is required to replace the damaged vehicle with another vehicle under a policy of insurance—

(a)that insurer must notify the Secretary of State whether the relevant vehicle is suitable for repair or not and, if it is suitable for repair and this notification is made on or after 20th February 2018, whether that vehicle sustained any structural damage or not; and

(b)unless that insurer is also the keeper of the relevant vehicle, the insurer must notify the keeper of that vehicle—

(i)of the reason that it has decided not to repair the vehicle;

(ii)if the vehicle is suitable for repair or not; and

(iii)if this notification is made on or after 20th February 2018, whether the vehicle sustained structural damage or not.

(2) Following notification in accordance with paragraph (1)(a), the insurer must destroy the registration document if this is in its possession, unless the vehicle is suitable for repair and has not sustained structural damage.]

Textual Amendments

Duty of the keeperU.K.

2.—(1) Where a keeper of a fleet is the keeper of a relevant vehicle that is not insured with an insurer and the pre-accident value of the vehicle is [F3either less than the cost of repairing it or the total cost of repairing it and associated ancillary costs,] that keeper must—

(a)notify the Secretary of State if—

(i)the vehicle has sustained damage, and

(ii)the vehicle is suitable for repair; and

[F4(iii)if the notification is made on or after 20th February 2018, the vehicle has sustained structural damage; and]

(b)destroy the registration document for that vehicle [F5unless the vehicle is suitable for repair and has not sustained structural damage].

(2) Where the keeper of a relevant vehicle receives a notification from an insurer in accordance with paragraph 1(1)(b), that keeper must forthwith surrender the registration document for that vehicle to the Secretary of State unless that document is held by the insurer [F6or the vehicle is suitable for repair and has not sustained structural damage].

Textual Amendments

Application for a new registration documentU.K.

3.  The keeper of a relevant vehicle may apply for a new registration document for that vehicle if—

(a)an insurer has determined that the relevant vehicle is suitable for repair; or

(b)the application is made by the keeper of a fleet who has notified the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph 2(1)(a) that the relevant vehicle is suitable for repair.

Duty of the Secretary of StateU.K.

4.  Where the keeper of a vehicle applies for a new registration document under paragraph 3, that keeper may be required to provide in relation to the vehicle such other evidence as the Secretary of State may specify.

Determination by the Secretary of StateU.K.

5.  The Secretary of State must issue a new registration document or notify the applicant if a new registration document is not issued after considering any notification given by the insurer under paragraph 1(1)(a) or a keeper of a fleet under paragraph 2(1)(a)(ii) as to whether the vehicle is suitable for repair.

Registration documentU.K.

6.  Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a new registration document may be issued for the relevant vehicle, the Secretary of State must issue a new registration document.]