Amendment of Regulations
3.—(1) Regulation 23 (change of keeper: obligations of registered keeper where vehicle registration document issued in Great Britain on or after 24th March 1997 and the new keeper a vehicle trader) is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading, omit “in Great Britain”.
(3) In paragraph (2)—
(a)for “The registered keeper shall”, substitute “The 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”;
(b)after “Secretary of State” omit “on that part of the registration document which relates to the transfer to the vehicle trader, or otherwise in writing,”;
(c)at the end of sub-paragraph (b), add “and”;
(d)in sub-paragraph (c) omit the word “signed” and the final “and”; and
(e)omit sub-paragraph (d).
(4) After paragraph (2), insert—
“(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.”.