Part 2

REGULATION OF REGISTRATION PLATE SUPPLIERS

Registration

Applications for registration
19
1
An application for registration—
a
shall be made to the Secretary of State in accordance with such requirements as may be prescribed; and
b
shall be accompanied by a fee of such amount (if any) as may be prescribed.
2
The level of fees so prescribed may be set with a view to recovering the reasonable costs incurred by the Secretary of State in connection with the administration of this Part.
3
A person who, in making an application for registration—
a
makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular; or
b
recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
4
Where an order under section 20(1)(b) has effect in relation to a person who has been convicted of an offence under subsection (3), no application for registration shall be made by that person under subsection (1) in contravention of the order.
5
No application for registration shall be made under subsection (1) by a person while his registration is suspended by an order of a court under section 20(2).
6
A person who makes an application in contravention of subsection (4) or (5) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
7
The Secretary of State shall, on receiving an application under subsection (1), register the applicant.
S. 19 wholly in force; s. 19 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 44; Pt. 2 (ss. 17-31) of the Act in force for certain purposes at 1.12.2002 and s. 19 otherwise in force at 1.1.2003 by S.I. 2002/2957, arts. {2}, {3}
Pt. 2 extended (Scotland and Northern Ireland) (31.7.2008) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 46(1), 61(1); S.I. 2008/1864, art. 2 (with art. 3)