Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 2981
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2003
Made
19th November 2003
Coming into force
30th November 2003
Whereas a draft of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by each House of Parliament in pursuance of section 7A(5) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994( 1 );
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7A and 57(2) of the aforesaid Act of 1994 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(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( 2 ).
Amendment of the principal Regulations
2. 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. ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
19th November 2003
We consent to the making of these Regulations
Jim Murphy
Nick Ainger
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
18th November 2003
1994 c. 22 ; section 7A was inserted by the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23) , section 19 and Schedule 5, paragraph 5.
S.I. 2002/2742 , to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.