The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002

PART IIU.K. LICENCES

Application for a vehicle licence on the basis that the reduced pollution requirements are satisfiedU.K.

5.—(1) Where an application is made for a vehicle licence on the basis that the rate of vehicle excise duty applicable is a rate specified in one of the provisions of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act specified in paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may require the applicant to furnish a reduced pollution certificate before he determines the rate at which vehicle excise duty is payable on the licence.

(2) The provisions of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act M1 referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)paragraph 3(1A) (buses);

(b)paragraph 6(2A)(b) (vehicles used to carry exceptional loads);

(c)paragraph 7(3A)(b) (haulage vehicles);

(d)paragraph 9A (rigid goods vehicles); and

(e)paragraph 11A (tractive units).

(3) Schedule 2 shall have effect with respect to reduced pollution certificates and the reduced pollution requirements.

Exhibition of vehicle and nil licencesU.K.

F16.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Prohibition against exhibiting anything resembling a vehicle, trade or nil licenceU.K.

F27.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Issue of duplicate vehicle, trade and nil licencesU.K.

F38.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4 Applications for rebates for vehicle and trade licencesU.K.

9.—(1) The holder of a vehicle licence or trade licence who wishes to claim a rebate in accordance with section 19(1) of the 1994 Act must submit a signed application to the Secretary of State.

(2) In the case of a trade licence, the application must be accompanied by any trade plates issued to the holder in connection with the licence.]

[F5Supplement payable on late renewal of vehicle licenceU.K.

9A.—(1) Where paragraph (2) applies a supplement of the amount prescribed in paragraph (3) shall be payable.

(2) This paragraph applies where—

(a)a vehicle licence taken out for a vehicle expires,

(b)no vehicle licence was issued for the vehicle before the end of a period of one month beginning with the date of that expiry, and

(c)the registered keeper has failed to comply with requirements contained in Schedule 4.

(3) The supplement shall be £80, except when it is paid to the Secretary of State before the expiry of 28 days beginning with the date on which the registered keeper is notified that a supplement may or has become payable, when it shall be £40.

(4) The supplement shall be payable by the person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the 1994 Act at the date of the expiry of the licence by reason of whose late renewal the supplement becomes payable.

[F6(5) The Secretary of State shall notify the person referred to in paragraph (4) that the supplement is payable and that notification shall—

(a)state the amount of the supplement payable; and

(b)be sent to the address of the person as given in the register.]]