2.—(1) The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 10A (registration document)(2)—
(a)omit paragraph (1);
(b)for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) A registration document issued on or after exit day must contain the following information, unless it is not available to the Secretary of State, and be in such form, and contain such other particulars, as the Secretary of State may specify—
(a)the registration mark(3) of the vehicle;
(b)the name and address of the keeper(4) of the vehicle;
(c)the date of first registration of the vehicle in the United Kingdom;
(d)the date of first registration of the vehicle in, and under the law of, a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, if applicable;
(e)the following information about the vehicle—
(i)the make, type and model;
(ii)the engine cylinder capacity;
(iii)the type approval number;
(iv)the vehicle identification number;
(v)the engine number;
(vi)the chassis or frame number;
(vii)the fuel type;
(viii)the seating capacity;
(ix)the unladen weight;
(x)the maximum authorised mass.”;
(c)omit paragraph (3);
(d)in paragraph (3A)—
(i)for “31st January 2004” substitute “exit day”;
(ii)omit “which is in a form provided for by the Directive”;
(e)in paragraph (4)—
(i)for “1st June 2004” substitute “exit day”;
(ii)for “another” substitute “a”;
(iii)omit “other”;
(iv)for “Annex I or Annexes I and II of the Directive” substitute “EU law or the law of Gibraltar, as the case may be”.
(3) In regulation 15A (issue of new registration document from 26th October 2015)(5)—
(a)in paragraph (5), for “the relevant vehicle falls within a category described in paragraph (6)” substitute “paragraph (6) applies”;
(b)for paragraph (6) substitute—
“(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.”.
(4) In regulation 17A (vehicles to which the end-of-life vehicles directive applies)(6)—
(a)in the heading to the regulation, for “Directive applies” substitute “Regulations 2003 apply”;
(b)in paragraph (1), for “Directive 2000/53 of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles(7) applies” substitute “the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003(8) apply”;
(c)in paragraph (2)(b), omit “other than the United Kingdom”.
(5) In Schedule 8 (regulations to which section 59(2)(a) of the 1994 Act applies), in the entry in column (2) opposite “17A” in column (1), for “Directive applies” substitute “Regulations 2003 apply”.
Regulation 10A was inserted by S.I. 2003/3073 and amended by S.I. 2004/3298.
“Registration mark” is defined in section 62 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22).
“Keeper” is defined in regulation 3(1) of S.I 2002/2742.
Regulation 15A was inserted by S.I. 2015/1657.
Regulation 17A was inserted by S.I. 2003/2635 and amended by S.I. 2015/403.
OJ No L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
S.I. 2003/2635; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/3538, S.I. 2010/1094, S.I. 2016/1154 and S.I. 2018/235.