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Finance Act 1996

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Registration regulations

4(1)Subsection (1) of section 22 of the 1994 Act (registration regulations) shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)In paragraph (d), after “a person by”, there shall be inserted “, through”.

(3)In paragraph (dd), after “a person by”, there shall be inserted “or through”.

(4)At the end of paragraph (h) there shall be inserted “or which contain any particulars which have become illegible or inaccurate”.

(5)After paragraph (h) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(i)provide for a fee of such amount as appears to the Secretary of State to be reasonable to be paid on the issue of new registration documents in any of the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (h).

5In subsection (1B)(a) of section 22 of the 1994 Act, for “the other person there mentioned or to the Secretary of State or to both;” there shall be substituted “another person there mentioned or to the Secretary of State or to another such person and to the Secretary of State;”.

6After subsection (1B) of section 22 of the 1994 Act there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(1C)Regulations under subsection (1)(e) may, in particular, provide that registration documents need not be issued in respect of the registration of a vehicle until the vehicle has been inspected by a person specified by the Secretary of State.

7After subsection (1C) of section 22 of the 1994 Act there shall be inserted the following subsections—

(1D)The Secretary of State may by regulations require a person—

(a)who surrenders a vehicle licence under section 10(2),

(b)who does not renew a vehicle licence for a vehicle kept by him, or

(c)who keeps an unlicensed vehicle at any place in the United Kingdom,

to furnish such particulars and make such declarations as may be prescribed by the regulations, and to do so at such times and in such manner as may be so prescribed.

(1E)For the purposes of subsection (1D)(b) a person shall be regarded as not renewing a vehicle licence for a vehicle kept by him if—

(a)he keeps a vehicle for which a vehicle licence is in force, and

(b)he does not, at such time as may be prescribed by the regulations or within such period as may be so prescribed, take out a vehicle licence to have effect from the expiry of the vehicle licence mentioned in paragraph (a).

(1F)For the purposes of subsection (1D)(c) a vehicle is unlicensed if no vehicle licence is in force for the vehicle.

(1G)Regulations under subsection (1D) may make such transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.

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