Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018

13 Trailer registration

(1) Regulations may provide for the compulsory or voluntary registration of trailers kept or used on roads in a register kept by the Secretary of State.

(2) The regulations may—

(a) require or permit the keeper of a trailer to apply to the Secretary of State for its registration;

(b) make provision about the procedure for applications;

(c) make provision for the purpose of ensuring that each registered trailer has a number which is recorded in the register;

(d) make provision about the form of the register and the information to be included in it;

(e) provide for the giving of registration documents;

(f) provide for the transfer, surrender or production of registration documents;

(g) provide for the expiry of registration documents;

(h) require the destruction of a registration document in specified circumstances;

(i) make other provision in connection with—

(i) the registration of a trailer,

(ii) the transfer of a registered trailer to a new keeper,

(iii) the accuracy of information included in the register, or

(iv) the enforcement of provisions of the regulations.

(3) In this Part—

• “motor vehicle” means a mechanically-propelled vehicle which is intended or adapted for use on roads;

• “trailer” means anything on wheels which is intended or adapted to be drawn by a motor vehicle;

• “regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State.