Issue of certificates and disclosure of information contained in register
161 Issue of certificates and disclosure of information contained in register
A person may apply to the Registrar for a certificate setting out the information recorded in a register kept under regulation 159 in relation to the applicant.
The Registrar must, on receipt of an application under subregulation (1) accompanied by the applicable scheduled fee, issue a certificate to the applicant containing the information requested in the application.
Despite subregulation (2), the Registrar may only – issue a certificate setting out information recorded in a register kept under regulation 159 in relation to a vehicle to the registered operator of the vehicle; or issue a certificate setting out information recorded in a register kept under regulation 159 in relation to a short term unregistered vehicle permit to the holder, or former holder, of the permit; or issue a certificate setting out information recorded in a register kept under regulation 159 in relation to a trade plate to the holder, or former holder, of the trade plate.
The Registrar may, in response to some other request for information recorded in a register, provide that information – in the form of a certificate; or in the form of an extract from the register; or orally, including by telephone; or by means of the internet; or by any other means of communication that the Registrar considers appropriate in the circumstances.
Despite any other provision of this regulation, the Registrar must not specify in a certificate issued, or otherwise provide, under this regulation any information in respect of a vehicle recorded in the written-off vehicles register, other than that the vehicle is or is not a statutory write-off or repairable write-off.
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