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The UK has not traditionally required the registration of trailers. A trailer unit, whether. large commercial unit or smaller private use trailer, has only needed to display the plate...
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- Foreword
- Executive Summary
- Proposed Legislative Amendments to The Trailer Registration Scheme
- Annex A: Impact Assessment
The UK launched a Trailer registration scheme in November 2018 as part of the requirements to ratify the 1968 Vienna Convention. This consultation outlines our plans to amend the current trailer registration system. The changes we are proposing are technical and are principally to address specific, unintended anomalies in the way the scheme operate...
Introduction
As part of the preparations to ratify the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, the UK introduced a trailer registration scheme through the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018, and the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 (the 2018 regulations). The 2018 regulations established a registration scheme for trailers and provided for registration applications, the issue of registration documents, the display of registration marks and other related matters. We are now in a position...
This is a joint consultation between the Department for Transport (DfT) and DVLA, relating to proposed legislative amendments of the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018. Amendments 1 to 4 are those for which DVLA is principally responsible. Amendments 5 and 6 are the responsibility of DfT. As we intend to bring these amendments into the regulatio...
DfT has not published an impact assessment as the qualifying direct impacts on business are deemed to be under £5 million per year. Further guidance on qualifying impacts on business can be found in Section 22 of the Small Business, Employment and Enterprise Act (2015) and the Better regulation framework guidance. As part of your response, you may ...
Feb 13, 2019 · What happens if I make a mistake when registering e.g. wrong trailer details? Customers will be able to self-serve where possible and the service will allow you to change the keeper and most trailer details.
Jul 2, 2024 · If the vehicle and trailer are privately registered, you can argue the toss about whether you’re truly towing for work. However, the rule of thumb applied by the DVSA and the Traffic Commissioners who adjudicate these matters is that, if you’re earning money in any way for driving the vehicle/trailer combination, you must adhere to driver ...
—(1) The registered keeper or the user of a registered trailer must not use it on a road, or cause or permit it to be so used, unless a registration plate (displaying its assigned...
Jan 11, 2021 · (3) This regulation does not apply in relation to a registered trailer if a person is not recorded in the register as the person who keeps the trailer at the time of the alleged offence.
An in-depth study of road accidents suggests that trailer vehicle defects are not a major cause of injury incidents. Breakdown, trunk road and off-road monitoring data