1A

Where the keeper of a fleet believes that any of the particulars about one of the keeper’s vehicles recorded in the register are, or have become, inaccurate, the keeper shall forthwith notify the Secretary of State of the inaccuracy.

2

Where the registration document has been, or may have been lost, stolen or destroyed, notification under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by—

a

an application for the issue of a new registration document; and

b

except where the registration fee document exemption applies, a fee of £25.

3

Any notification under paragraph (1) or (1A) or any application under paragraph (2) 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 is lost, stolen or destroyed, a notification under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by the registration document.

4

Where the Secretary of State believes that the particulars in the registration document or recorded in the register for a particular vehicle are inaccurate—

a

if the document has not been sent to him and the registered keeper of the vehicle is not the keeper of a fleet, he may require the registered keeper of the vehicle to send it to him;

b

whether or not he has received the document, he may correct the particulars in the register; and

c

after correcting the particulars in the register, he must, provided that paragraph (2) or (3) has been complied with, and subject to regulation 15 and paragraph (5), issue a new registration document containing the correct particulars to the registered keeper.

5

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.

6

A new registration document issued in accordance with paragraph (5) 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.