The Retention of Registration Marks Regulations 1993

Retention documents

9.—(1) If the Secretary of State decides to grant a right of retention he shall issue to the grantee a retention document. That document shall state—

(a)the date of the grant;

(b)the name and address of the grantee and, where appropriate, the name of the nominated person;

(c)the date on which the period of one year mentioned in regulation 5(1) ends;

(d)the registration mark in respect of which the grant has been made; and

(e)the type of vehicle to which the registration mark was assigned at the time of the grant.

(2) In any case where there is an extension of the period mentioned in regulation 5(1), the Secretary of State shall issue a new retention document.In addition to stating the matters specified in paragraph (1) the new retention document shall state the date on which the period of extension ends.

(3) If a grantee to whom a retention document has been issued notifies the Secretary of State that the document has been lost or destroyed, the Secretary of State, on being satisfied that the document has been lost or destroyed, shall issue a replacement document.

(4) In any case where a replacement of a lost document has been issued and the lost document subsequently comes into the possession of the grantee, he shall forthwith return it to the Secretary of State.

(5) If a retention document becomes defaced or illegible, the grantee to whom it was issued may return it to the Secretary of State so that he may issue a replacement document.