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The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002
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Change of keeper: obligations of registered keeper where vehicle registration document issued F1... on or after 24th March 1997 and the new keeper a vehicle traderU.K.
23.—(1) Subject to regulation 24, this regulation applies where—
(a)there is a change in the keeper of a vehicle;
(b)the person disposing of the vehicle is the registered keeper;
(c)a vehicle registration document has been issued in respect of the vehicle F2...; and
(d)the new keeper is a vehicle trader.
(2) [F3The registered keeper, or, a vehicle trader by or to whom the vehicle is sold or disposed of, acting on the registered keeper’s behalf, must] forthwith notify the Secretary of StateF4... of the following—
(a)the name and address of the vehicle trader;
(b)the date on which the vehicle was transferred to the vehicle trader; [F5and]
(c)a declaration F6... by the registered keeper that he transferred the vehicle to the vehicle trader on the date specified in accordance with sub-paragraph (b); F6...
F7(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F8(2A) The Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, accept a notification and declaration under paragraph (2) made orally by telephone or by electronic means and in any other case it must be made on that part of the registration document which relates to the transfer to a vehicle trader, or otherwise in writing.]
(3) If the registration document issued in respect of the vehicle is in his possession, the registered keeper shall deliver to the vehicle trader those parts of it not required to be sent to the Secretary of State under paragraph (2).
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F1Words in reg. 23 heading omitted (31.10.2014) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2676), regs. 1(2), 3(2)
F2Words in reg. 23(1)(c) revoked (1.7.2005) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3073), regs. 1(1)(e), 8(b)
F3Words in reg. 23(2) substituted (31.10.2014) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2676), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(a)
F4Words in reg. 23(2) omitted (31.10.2014) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2676), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(b)
F5Word in reg. 23(2)(b) added (31.10.2014) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2676), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(c)
F6Words in reg. 23(2)(c) omitted (31.10.2014) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2676), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(d)
F7Reg. 23(2)(d) omitted (31.10.2014) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2676), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(e)
F8Reg. 23(2A) inserted (31.10.2014) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2676), regs. 1(2), 3(4)
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