Issue of first licence
13. Where application is made for a licence under the 1994 Act for a vehicle, which by virtue of regulation 12(1)(a) is a vehicle in relation to which type approval requirements prescribed by these Regulations apply, the licence shall not be granted unless on the first application after the day appointed by regulation 12(1)(b) for a licence for that vehicle, there is produced evidence that there are one or more certificates in force for the vehicle under sections 31A and 31B of the 1981 Order from which it appears that the vehicle complies with the approval requirements.