How do I license a brand new vehicle?

The dealer will normally license and register your vehicle for you using the Automated First Registration and Licensing [AFRL] system. The AFRL system electronically links vehicle manufacturers and dealers to to enable them to license and register vehicles on your behalf before they leave the showroom.

When the dealer uses AFRL to license your vehicle, a Confirmation of Registration Details document will be printed for you to sign. This document shows the details that will use to set up the record for your vehicle. Before you sign the document you should check that all the details contained in it are correct.

Some vehicles cannot be licensed and registered using AFRL (for example, those which are having a cherished registration number assigned or goods vehicles over 3500kgs). In these cases, the dealer will normally license and register the vehicle on your behalf at a Local Office. This means that most new vehicles will be licensed when you take delivery.

If you do not want the dealer to immediately register the vehicle on your behalf, you will need to register the vehicle yourself at a Local Office, by completing a V55/4 application form (available from your Local Office).

New Vehicle Registration Certificate (V5C)

From 6 January 2004 anyone applying for a Registration Document (V5) now receives a new style Registration Certificate (V5C). During the period 6 January to 27 June 2004 anyone expecting a registration document when they -

Purchased a new/used vehicle
Applied for a duplicate document
Notified of a change of details

was issued with a new style Registration Certificate.

From 28 June 2004 the new certificate was sent automatically to vehicle keepers shortly after they tax their vehicle, using their renewal reminder form (V11), or make a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN). By the end of June 2005 the majority of registered keepers should have received a new style registration certificate. An extensive TV campaign will be launched in June 2005 to encourage all vehicle keepers who have not received the new Registration Certificate to inform.

Vehicle keepers who have not received the new certificate and do not need to tax their vehicle, or make a SORN, by June 2005 and want one can do so by returning their V5 registration document to Swansea SA99 1BA with an accompanying letter.

From 1 July 2005 all existing V5 registration documents will no longer be valid. This will not affect entitlement to registration marks. Motorists who have a valid claim on a vehicle and its registration mark will not be disadvantaged. The V765 scheme which enables old vehicles to be re-united with their original registration marks, will be unaffected by these changes.

WHY CHANGE?

The new registration certificate has been developed to comply with European Directive 1999/37/EC, agreed by all Member States, which provides for the introduction of a common format for registration certificates. This will help with the identification of vehicles in international traffic and be used for re-registration throughout the European Union.

RECEIPT OF THE NEW REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

The Registration Certificate (V5C) is an important document and should be kept in a safe place together with the Guidance Notes (INS 160). Vehicle keepers still in possession of the old V5 registration document should destroy it on receipt of the new registration certificate.

Motorists should ensure that their personal details are correct and that the easily identifiable characteristics such as Make, Model, Colour, VIN/Chassis and Engine numbers on their new registration certificate are correct. If there are any inaccuracies the registration certificate, V5C, must be returned to for amendment. The Guidance Notes (INS 160) that accompany the V5C provides information on how to do this.

NORTHERN IRELAND

To ensure a consistent approach and common format, the design of the registration certificate will also be adapted for use in Northern Ireland

DATE OF EVENTS

JAN 04 New style Registration Certificate issued for all first registrations, applications for a duplicate and whenever are notified of change of details.
28 JUNE 04 Registration Certificates automatically issued shortly after a vehicle is taxed or is informed that a vehicle is being kept off the road (SORN).
JUNE 05 If a Registration Certificate has not been received inform the

Because from
JULY 05 All existing old style Registration Documents will no longer be valid.

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Government Registration Information

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