20Sale or disposal of registered motor vehicle

20 Sale or disposal of registered motor vehicle (1) Where a registered motor vehicle is sold or disposed of, the former owner must, within 14 days after the sale or disposal: (a) deliver to the Registrar a notice of disposal, in the approved form, signed by both the former owner and the new owner, if any, and showing: (i) the full name, address and date of birth of the new owner, if any; (ii) the date of the sale or disposal of the vehicle; and (iii) the price paid for the vehicle; (b) where the former owner was not the true owner of the vehicle, provide the Registrar with the written authority of the true owner or of his or her duly authorised agent for the sale and disposal of the vehicle; and (c) provide the new owner of the vehicle with a transfer application form signed by the former owner in the place for the former owner's signature. (2) Subject to section 21A, the new owner must, within 14 days of the sale or disposal, apply, in the approved form, to the Registrar to transfer the registration of the motor vehicle to the new owner. (3) If the Registrar approves the transfer, the Registrar is, on payment of the prescribed fee, to issue to the new owner a certificate of registration in respect of the vehicle. (4) The registration of a motor vehicle must not be transferred in any case where the Registrar is in receipt of a notice in writing from the true owner notifying that he or she does not authorise the sale or disposal. (5) For the purposes of this section, a registered motor vehicle is deemed to be disposed of by the owner if it is repossessed in pursuance of a hire-purchase agreement or any other agreement entered into for the purpose of providing finance in respect of the vehicle, and the person repossessing the vehicle must comply with this section as if the person was the person to whom the vehicle Motor Vehicles Act 1949 26 was disposed of. (6) This section applies to a motor vehicle the registration of which is suspended under section 61(2) of the Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 even though the vehicle is taken to be unregistered under section 61(4) of that Act during the period of the suspension. (7) This section does not apply to a registered motor vehicle to which section 20A applies.