Regulation 2
1. The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 are amended as follows.
2. Regulation 6 (exhibition of vehicle and nil licences) is omitted.
3. Regulation 7 (prohibition against exhibiting anything resembling a vehicle, trade or nil licence) is omitted.
4. Regulation 8 (duplicate licences) is omitted.
5. For regulation 9 (surrender of vehicle and trade licences) there is substituted—
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.”
6. In regulation 16 (notification of alteration of a vehicle)—
(a)paragraph (2) is omitted; and
(b)in paragraph (4) for subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) there is substituted—
“(a)record the alteration in the register; and
(b)send the registered keeper a new registration document showing the correct particulars.”
7. For regulation 19 there is substituted—
19.—(1) If there is a change in the name or business address of the holder of a trade licence, the holder must forthwith notify the Secretary of State of the change and of the new name or address.
(2) On receiving the notification, the Secretary of State must record the change in the register of trade licences.”
8. In regulation 20 (change of keeper: general provisions) paragraph (2) is omitted.
9. In regulation 26 (statutory off-road notification) paragraph (a) is omitted.
10. Regulation 31 (certificates of Crown exemption) is omitted.
11. In regulation 33 (nil licences)—
(a)for paragraph (3) there is substituted—
“(3) Subject to paragraph (3A), a nil licence must be granted for a period of 12 months beginning with the first day of the month in which the application for the licence is received by the Secretary of State.”;
(b)in paragraph (3A)(a) for “paragraph (3)(a)” there is substituted “paragraph (3)”; and
(c)in paragraph (10) subparagraph (a) and the word “and” following it are omitted.
12. In regulation 40 (issue of trade plates)—
(a)in paragraph (2) the words “, and one of the trade plates shall include a means whereby the licence may be fixed to it” are omitted; and
(b)in paragraph (4) the words “and that plate shall include a means whereby the licence may be fixed to it” are omitted.
13. In regulation 41 (issue of replacement trade plates)—
(a)paragraph (3);
(b)subparagraph (d) of paragraph (4); and
(c)the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (4)(d),
are omitted.
14. In regulation 42 (display of general registration mark of holder of a trade licence and exhibition of licence)—
(a)for the heading there is substituted—
(b)paragraphs (3) and (4) are omitted.
15.—(1) Schedule 4 (statutory off-road notification) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1(1), in the definition of “the required declaration”, the words “a person surrendering a vehicle licence or” are omitted.
(3) Paragraph 3 is omitted.
(4) Paragraph 7 is omitted.
16.—(1) Schedule 6 (trade licences) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph 1 there is substituted—
“1. Where there is a change in the name, business name or business address of the holder of a trade licence, the holder must forthwith notify the change and the new name or address to the Secretary of State.”
(3) In paragraph 3 the words “trade licence or” are omitted.
(4) In paragraph 5 the words “the trade licence or” are omitted.
(5) In paragraph 6 the words “the trade licence or” are omitted.