PART IIIMISCELLANEOUS

Assignment of vehicle identification numbers6

1

Subject to paragraph (2) when an application is made for a Department’s approval certificate in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (3) of regulation 5 the Department shall assign a vehicle identification number to the vehicle to which the application relates where it appears to it that –

a

the vehicle does not have a vehicle identification number which –

i

complies with paragraph 3.1.1 of the Annex to Directive 93/34/EC; or

ii

has been previously assigned to the vehicle under this regulation; or

b

the vehicle does not fall within sub-paragraph (a) but has a vehicle identification number which is inadequate for the purpose of enabling it to be identified.

2

Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the vehicle identification number of a vehicle does not correspond with the frame number or chassis number, as appropriate, of that vehicle.