202Disposal and transfer of licensed vehicles

202 Disposal and transfer of licensed vehicles

(1) Before transferring registration under the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021 or otherwise disposing of a road vehicle to which an explosives vehicle licence relates (other than by way of a business transfer) (the disposed vehicle), the licensee must remove the licence label from the disposed vehicle.

(2) Within 21 days of transferring registration or otherwise disposing of the disposed vehicle (other than by way of a business transfer), the licensee must return the explosives vehicle licence and licence label to the Authority.

(3) On receipt of an explosives vehicle licence under this regulation, the Authority must—

(a) if the licence also relates to another vehicle—

(i) amend the licence by omitting reference to the disposed vehicle; and

(ii) return the licence to the person who gave the licence to the Authority; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, revoke the licence.

(4) Within 21 days after the transfer of a vehicle by way of business transfer, the person to whom the vehicle has been transferred must apply to the Authority for the transfer of the licence to that person.

(5) An application for transfer under subregulation (4) must—

(a) contain the information set out in regulation 186(2); and

(b) be accompanied by the licence and the appropriate fee.

(6) On receipt of the application, the Authority must—

(a) amend the licence to record the change of licence; and

(b) reissue the licence.

(7) Subregulation (6) does not apply if—

(a) the person to whom the vehicle has been transferred does not hold an explosives vehicle licence; or

(b) the Authority is not satisfied that the person is a suitable person to hold such a licence.

(8) In this regulation—

business transfer, in respect of a vehicle, means a transfer of the title to the vehicle as part of a transfer in ownership of the business in which the vehicle is used and is to continue to be used.

Subdivision 5—Blasting explosives licence