The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/2981
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 30th November 2003.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 .

Section 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In the principal Regulations after regulation 9 within Part II there shall be inserted—

Supplement payable on late renewal of vehicle licence

(9A)

(1) Where paragraph (2) applies a supplement of the amount prescribed in paragraph (3) shall be payable.

(2) This paragraph applies where—

(a) a vehicle licence taken out for a vehicle expires,

(b) no vehicle licence was issued for the vehicle before the end of a period of one month beginning with the date of that expiry, and

(c) the registered keeper has failed to comply with requirements contained in Schedule 4.

(3) The supplement shall be £80, except when it is paid to the Secretary of State before the expiry of 28 days beginning with the date on which the registered keeper is notified that a supplement may or has become payable, when it shall be £40.

(4) The supplement shall be payable by the person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the 1994 Act at the date of the expiry of the licence by reason of whose late renewal the supplement becomes payable.