Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Replacement of certificates

20.—(1) If a goods vehicle test certificate has been lost or defaced, an application for the issue of a replacement for the certificate lost or defaced may be made to the Department, and every such application shall be accompanied by the payment of the fee of £10·00.

(2) On the receipt of an application and fee mentioned in paragraph (1) the Department shall determine whether the vehicle shall be re-examined, and if it determines –

(a) that no re-examination of the vehicle is required the Department shall issue to the applicant a replacement for the certificate to which the application relates and any such replacement shall have the same effect as the certificate which it replaces and shall be marked “replacement”;

(b) that a re-examination of the vehicle is required, the Department shall by notice to the sender require the vehicle to be submitted for re- examination at a vehicle testing centre specified in the notice and appoint a date and time for the examination.

(3) A re-examination under paragraph (2)(b) shall be carried out as if it were a test under regulation 14, the appropriate fee shall be paid as if the examination were a test under that regulation, and the appropriate documents shall be issued in accordance with regulation 14.