Part I Vehicle excise duty and licences
Vehicle licences
7 Issue of vehicle licences.
1
Every person applying for a vehicle licence shall—
a
make such a declaration, and
b
furnish such particulars,
(whether or not with respect to the vehicle for which the licence is to be taken out) as may be F1specified by the Secretary of State.
2
The declarations and particulars which may be so F2specified include, in relation to a person applying for a licence for a goods vehicle F3or a special vehicle, a declaration as to, and particulars of, any of the matters specified in subsection (3) as to which the Secretary of State may require information with a view to an alteration in the basis on which vehicle excise duty is chargeable in respect of goods vehicles F4or, as the case may be, special vehicles.
3
The matters referred to in subsection (2) are—
a
the construction of the vehicle,
F5b
the vehicle’s revenue weight,
ba
the place where the vehicle has been or is normally kept, and
c
the use to which the vehicle has been or is likely to be put.
F63A
A person applying for a licence shall not be required to make a declaration specified for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) if he agrees to comply with such conditions as may be specified in relation to him by the Secretary of State.
F63B
The conditions which may be specified under subsection (3A) include
F7a
a condition that particulars for the time being specified for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) are furnished by being transmitted to the Secretary of State by such electronic means as he may specify F8; and
F8b
a condition requiring such payments as may be specified by the Secretary of State to be made to him in respect of—
i
steps taken by him for facilitating compliance by any person with any condition falling within paragraph (a); and
ii
in such circumstances as may be so specified, the processing of applications for vehicle licences where particulars are transmitted in accordance with that paragraph.
4
A vehicle licence—
a
is issued for the vehicle specified in the application for the licence, and
b
does not entitle the person to whom it is issued to use or keep any other vehicle.
5
The Secretary of State is not required to issue a vehicle licence for which an application is made unless he is satisfied—
a
that the licence applied for is the appropriate licence for the vehicle specified in the application, and
b
in the case of an application for a licence for a vehicle purporting to be the first application for a licence for the vehicle, that a licence has not previously been issued for the vehicle.
6
Regulations made by the Secretary of State may provide for—
F9aa
the return of any vehicle licence which is damaged or contains any particulars which have become illegible or inaccurate,
a
the issue of a new vehicle licence in the place of a licence which is or may be lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged F10or which contains any particulars which have become illegible or inaccurate, and
b
the fee to be paid on the issue of a new licence F11in any of those circumstances.
7
Where, following an application made in accordance with regulations under paragraph 13 of Schedule 1, a licence is issued for a goods vehicle at the rate of duty applicable to a weight specified in the application which is lower than its actual weight, that lower weight is to be shown on the licence.
F128
In this section “special vehicle” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1.