Finance Act 1987

16 (1) Section 23 of the 1971 Act (regulations with respect to the transfer and identification of vehicles) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (e) (inspection and surrender of registration documents) after the word "inspection" there shall be inserted the word ", transfer".

(3) In that section as set out in paragraph 20 of Part I of Schedule 7 to the Act—

(a) in subsection (1)(c) (requirements on person to whom vehicle transferred to furnish particulars) after the word "person" there shall be inserted the words "by whom or"; and

(b) in subsection (1)(d) (issue, surrender etc. of registration books) before the word "surrender" there shall be inserted the word "transfer".

(4) Regulation 12(1) of the [S.I. 1971/450.] Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971 shall have effect on and after the day on which this paragraph comes into force as if sub-paragraph (3) above had been in force when that regulation was made.