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13.—(1) When an examiner is carrying out any function under any enactment in relation to a trailer or the motor vehicle that is drawing it, the examiner may inspect that trailer to determine—
(a)whether it is registered; and
(b)the accuracy of any particulars recorded in the register or shown on a registration document.
(2) The Secretary of State may require a trailer to be inspected by an examiner if the Secretary of State has a reasonable belief that information provided to the Secretary of State in pursuance of these Regulations or recorded in the register is inaccurate or incomplete.
(3) If the Secretary of State determines that an inspection under paragraph (2) is required, the Secretary of State must—
(a)specify the time, date and place of the inspection; and
(b)notify the person who keeps the trailer or the registered keeper of the time, date and place of the inspection at least 72 hours before the inspection.
(4) An inspection under paragraph (2) may only take place—
(a)with the consent of the person who keeps the trailer;
(b)during normal working hours; and
(c)for a trailer kept in—
[F1(i)Great Britain, at a place that appears suitable to the Secretary of State for the purpose; or]
(ii)Northern Ireland, at a vehicle testing centre provided by the Department for Infrastructure under article 73 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1).
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 13(4)(c)(i) substituted (1.11.2021) by The Trailer Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1043), regs. 1(1), 2(5)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 13 in force at 21.11.2018, see Sch. 1 para. 1(h)
S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18). As enacted, the power to provide a vehicle testing centre was exercisable by the Department of the Environment. This function was transferred to the Department for Infrastructure by S.R. 2016/76, Schedule 5, Part 2.
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