1988 No. 1130
The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 and shall come into force on 1st August 1988.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations “the 1981 Order” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19813.
Amendment of Regulations
3
The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19734 shall be further amended in accordance with these Regulations.
4
For regulation 4 (application for licences) there shall be substituted —
4
1
A person who keeps a mechanically propelled vehicle and who desires to obtain a licence for it under the Act may apply to the Secretary of State by means of a declaration in the prescribed form not more than 14 days before the licence is to have effect.
2
The application shall be accompanied by —
i
the amount of duty, if any, payable on the licence under the Act in respect of the vehicle;
ii
where a registration book has been issued in respect of a vehicle, the registration book, or, if the registration book cannot be produced, an application in accordance with regulation 7(1A) for the issue of a new registration book;
iii
a certificate of insurance where required under Part VIII of the 1981 Order or a valid insurance card as defined in regulation 3 of the Motor Vehicles (International Motor Insurance Card) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 19695;
iv
in the case of a public service vehicle, a public service vehicle licence required under Article 60(1) of the 1981 Order;
v
in the case of a goods vehicle, a goods vehicle certificate where required under Article 53 of the 1981 Order;
vi
in the case of a large private passenger vehicle, a certificate of inspection where required under Article 67 of the 1981 Order; or
vii
in the case of any other vehicle, a vehicle test certificate where required under Article 34 of the 1981 Order.
3
An application to a Post Office for a licence in the circumstances described in the proviso to regulation 17(1) may not be made after the expiration of 14 days from the date on which the licence expires.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
(This note is not part of the Regulations)