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Regulation 2

THE SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS OF THE ROAD VEHICLES (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING) REGULATIONS 1971

1.  In regulation 3(1) the definition of “prescribed” shall be omitted.

2.  Regulation 4 shall be omitted.

3.  In regulation 8(1), for the words “prescribed particulars furnished in respect of the vehicle”there shall be substituted “the particulars furnished when a vehicle licence was last applied for in respect of it”.

4.  In regulation 10, the words “other than an alteration of the nature referred to in the next following Regulation,” shall be omitted.

5.  Regulation 11 shall be omitted.

6.  In regulation 16(1), the words “excepting a tramcar” shall be omitted.

7.  In regulation 23, for the words “the three next following Regulations” there shall be substituted “Regulations 24 and 26 of these Regulations”.

8.  In regulation 24—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i)after the words “registered under” there shall be inserted “the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994,”;

(ii)for the words from “make the prescribed declaration” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted “make to the Secretary of State such declaration and furnish him with such particulars as would be required by virtue of section 7(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994(1) if the Department desired to obtain a vehicle licence for the vehicle”; and

(b) paragraph (2) shall be omitted.

9.  Regulation 25 shall be omitted.

10.  In regulation 26, the following paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraphs (1) and (2)—

(1) This Regulation applies to any mechanically propelled vehicle which is an exempt vehicle except a vehicle falling within paragraph 3 (vehicles not for carriage) of Schedule 2 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.

(2) Subject to paragraph (2A) below, the owner of a vehicle to which this Regulation applies shall annually make such declaration and furnish such particulars as would be required by virtue of section 7 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 if he desired to take out a vehicle licence for the vehicle.

(2A) In the case of a vehicle falling within—

(a)paragraph 19 of Schedule 2, or

(b)paragraph 7 of Schedule 4,

11.  Regulation 28 shall be omitted.

12.  Regulation 43 shall be omitted.

13.  Regulation 45 shall be omitted.

(1)

Section 7 was amended by the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Schedule 4, paragraph 30(1).