Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st October 2003.

Preliminary2

The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 20022 shall be amended as follows.

Change of keeper3

1

In regulation 21(3) for “he shall notify” there shall be substituted “he shall forthwith notify”.

2

In regulation 22(2)(b) for “the remainder of the registration document to the Secretary of State, duly completed to include the following” there shall be substituted “to the Secretary of State on the remainder of the registration document, or otherwise in writing, the following information”.

3

In regulation 24(5)(a)(iii) for “registered keeper” there shall be substituted “vehicle trader”.

Disclosure of registration and licensing particulars4

In regulation 27(1)(d) “in Northern Ireland” shall be omitted.

Nil licences5

In regulation 33(1) after “otherwise” there shall be inserted “than”.

Regulations prescribed under section 59(2) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 19946

In regulation 47 for “(fines not to exceed level 3 on the standard scale applies)” there shall be substituted “(fines not to exceed level 3 on the standard scale) applies”.

Exempt vehicles: vehicles imported by members of foreign armed forces and others7

In Schedule 5 for paragraph 3 and 4 there shall be substituted paragraphs 3 and 4 as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David JamiesonParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department for Transport