216Disposal and transfer of licensed relevant vehicles

216 Disposal and transfer of licensed relevant vehicles

(1) Within the 21 days after transferring possession or otherwise disposing of a licensed relevant vehicle (other than by way of a business transfer) (the disposed vehicle), the person who holds the licence for the disposed vehicle must give notice of the disposal to the licensing authority.

(2) If the licence for the disposed vehicle also relates to another relevant vehicle, the person who holds the licence must attach the licence to the notice of the disposal of the relevant vehicle.

(3) If the licence for the relevant vehicle does not relate to another relevant vehicle, the person who holds the licence must—

(a) attach the licence to the notice of the disposal; or

(b) return it to the licensing authority.

(4) On receipt of a licence, the licensing authority must—

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

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

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

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

(5) Within the 21 days after the transfer by business transfer of a relevant vehicle for which a dangerous goods vehicle licence has been issued, the person to whom the relevant vehicle has been transferred must make an application to the licensing authority, accompanied by the licence, for the transfer of the licence to that person.

(6) An application under subregulation (5) must contain the information set out in regulation 211(3).

(7) On receipt of the application, licence and prescribed fee, the licensing authority must amend the licence to record the change in who holds the licence and reissue the licence.

(8) Subregulation (7) does not apply if the person to whom the licence was to have been transferred is ineligible to hold the licence.

(9) In this regulation—

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