ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 16th August 2004. Preliminary 2 The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. Interpretation 3 In regulation 3 after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 1A For the purposes of these Regulations “the registration document fee exemption” applies in relation to the issue of a new registration document for a vehicle if the following conditions are satisfied— a the vehicle has sustained damage to its bodywork; b the insurer of the vehicle has notified the Secretary of State that the vehicle was capable of being repaired but that the cost to the insurer of having it repaired would exceed the value of the vehicle in the condition in which it was immediately before it sustained the damage; and c the last registration document to be issued for the vehicle was destroyed by the insurer in accordance with regulation 20(5). Issue of replacement registration document 4 In regulation 13(2A) after “shall” there shall be inserted “, unless the registration document fee exemption applies,”. Correction of registration document 5 In regulation 14(2A) after “new registration document and” there shall be inserted “, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, by”. Notification of alteration to a vehicle 6 In regulation 16(1A) after “new registration document and” there shall be inserted “, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, by”. Notification of a change of the keeper’s name or address 7 In regulation 18(1A) after “new registration document and” there shall be inserted “, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, by”. Change of keeper: registration document issued in Great Britain before 24th March 1997 8 In regulation 21(3A) after “new registration document” there shall be inserted “and, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, that application shall be”. Change of keeper: registration document issued in Great Britain on or after 24th March 1997 and the new keeper not a vehicle trader 9 In regulation 22(3) after “new registration document” there shall be inserted “and, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, that application shall be”. Change of keeper: obligations of vehicle traders where registration document issued in Great Britain on or after 24th March 1997 10 1 Regulation 24 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (2A) after “new registration document” there shall be inserted “and, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, that application shall be”. 3 In paragraph (6) after “new registration document” there shall be inserted “and, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, that application shall be”. Change of keeper: registration document issued in Northern Ireland 11 1 Regulation 25 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1A) after “new registration document and” there shall be inserted “, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, by”. 3 In paragraph (2A) after “new registration document” there shall be inserted “and, except where the registration document fee exemption applies, that application shall be”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Jamieson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport 7th July 2004