Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 2122

The Road Vehicles (Excise) (Prescribed Particulars) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

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1987 No. 2122

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Road Vehicles (Excise) (Prescribed Particulars) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(1), 16(1) and 37(2) of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971^[1], and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and introduction
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Excise) (Prescribed Particulars) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

    2.    The Road Vehicles (Excise) (Prescribed Particulars) Regulations 1981^[2] shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Amendment relating to recovery vehicles
    3.    In Schedule 1, after entry number 5 there shall be inserted the new entry number 5A set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations.

    4.    In Schedule 2—
 (a) In Form V55—
 (i) for the words "or SHOWMAN'S GOODS" there shall be substituted the words "SHOWMAN'S GOODS or RECOVERY VEHICLE"; and
 (ii) after the additional declaration for a showman's goods vehicle there shall be inserted the further additional declaration set out Part I of the Second Schedule to these Regulations; and
 (b) the additional declaration set out in Part II of the Second Schedule to these Regulations shall be inserted in—
 (i) Form V10, after the further declaration; and
 (ii) Form V70, after the declaration.

Amendment relating to trade licences
    5.    In Form VTL 301 in Schedule 2—
 (a) for items 8 and 9 there shall be substituted the following new items—
    "8.
(a) Do you trade in, buy or sell motor vehicles?

(b) If YES
(i) how many vehicles on average do you deal with each month?

(ii) how many full time staff are engaged on this work?





    9.
(a) Do you valet or fit accessories to new unregistered vehicles?

(b) If YES
(i) how many vehicles on average do you deal with each month?

(ii) how many full time staff are engaged on this work?" ;



 (b) in item 10, for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following new paragraph—
"(a) Do you distribute, or collect and deliver, motor vehicles for the motor trade?" .

    6.    In Form VTL 305 in Schedule 2—
 (a) for item 2 there shall be substituted—
"I wish the licence to be for a period of 6 months
1 year."

 (b) for the note at the end of that item there shall be substituted the following new note—
"Note —Yearly licences start on 1st January and expire on 31st December. 6 month licences will expire on 30th June and 31st December." ;

 (c) in the first paragraph of item 3, for the last two sentences there shall be substituted—
"I undertake to return the plates to the VRO if I cease to operate as a motor trader or vehicle tester. I understand that if the licence is not applied for promptly this may result in a withdrawal of my trade plate concession." .

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Peter Bottomley

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport

8th December 1987

[1] 1971 c. 10; section 16 and Schedules 3 and 4 were amended by the Finance Act 1987 (c. 16), Schedule 1, Part II, paragraphs 1 to 5. back

[2] S.I. 1981/931, to which there are no relevant amending instruments. back

Explanatory Note