Citation and commencement

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

Preliminary

2.The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002( 2 ) shall be amended as follows.

Change of keeper

3. —(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 particulars

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

Nil licences

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

Regulations prescribed under section 59(2) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994

6. 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 others

7. 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.

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE PARAGRAPHS TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4 OF SCHEDULE 5 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

“ List of countries

3. The countries referred to in paragraph 1(2)(b) are—

List of headquarters and organisations

4. The headquarters and organisations referred to in paragraph 1(2)(c) are—

• The Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic ( SACLANT )

• The Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe ( SHAPE )

• Headquarters Allied Forces North Western Europe ( AFNORTHWEST )

• Headquarters Allied Air Forces North Western Europe ( AIRNORTHWEST )

• Headquarters Allied Naval Forces North Western Europe ( NAVNORTHWEST )

• Headquarters Maritime Air Forces North West ( MARAIRNORTHWEST )

• Headquarters Submarine Forces North West ( SUBNORTHWEST )

• Headquarters Allied Forces Eastern Atlantic Area ( EASTLANT )

• Headquarters Maritime Air Forces Eastern Atlantic Area ( MARAIREASTLANT )

• Headquarters Submarine Forces Eastern Atlantic Area ( SUBEASTLANT )

• Headquarters United Kingdom—Netherlands Amphibious Force ( UKNLAF )

• Headquarters United Kingdom—Netherlands Landing Force ( UKNLLF )

• The NATO Airborne Early Warning Force Headquarters and the NATO E-3A Component ”