The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994

Duplicate trade plates etc

4.  In regulation 32 of the principal regulations —

(a) for the words “two additional trade plates” in the proviso to paragraph (1), there shall be substituted “an additional trade plate”; and

(b) for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(3) If any trade plate issued by the Secretary of State to the holder of a trade licence is lost, stolen, destroyed or materially damaged, the holder of the licence shall apply to the Secretary of State for the issue to him of a replacement set of trade plates and the Secretary of State, upon being satisfied that any plate has been lost, stolen, destroyed or materially damaged and —

(a) upon receipt of all those trade plates which are still in the possession of the holder of the licence; and

(b) except where paragraph (3C) below applies, on payment of the fee prescribed by paragraph (3B) below,

shall issue a replacement set of trade plates to the holder of the licence.

(3A) If only that part of a trade plate which consists of a means whereby the trade licence may be fixed thereto is lost, stolen, destroyed or materially damaged, the holder of the licence shall apply to the Secretary of State for the issue to him of a replacement means of fixing the licence and, upon receipt of the fee prescribed by paragraph (3B)(c) below, the Secretary of State shall issue such a replacement.

(3B) The fees payable under paragraphs (3) and (3A) above shall be —

(a) for a replacement set of trade plates comprising two plates, £13.50;

(b) for a replacement set of trade plates comprising three plates, £18; and

(c) for a replacement means of fixing a trade licence to a trade plate, £2.

(3C) No fee shall be payable under paragraph (3) above on account of the replacement of a trade plate, if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the plate has become illegible or the colour of the plate has been altered, whether by fading or by other means, otherwise than by reason of any act or omission of the licence holder.”