Application to transfer registration of power-assisted bicycle
5.—(1) Where an owner of a registered power-assisted bicycle intends to transfer the registration of that power‑assisted bicycle to the name of another person (called in this rule the transferee), the owner and the transferee must, not later than 7 days after the owner transfers possession of that power-assisted bicycle to the transferee, make a joint application to the Registrar to register that power‑assisted bicycle in the transferee’s name.
(2) Where an owner of a registered power-assisted bicycle is deceased, any person who has proof of the person’s entitlement to that power-assisted bicycle (called in this rule the new owner) may apply to the Registrar to register that power-assisted bicycle in the new owner’s name.
(3) An application under paragraph (1) or (2) must —
(a)
be made in such form and manner as the Registrar may require;
(b)
be accompanied by the transfer fee specified in the First Schedule; and
(c)
be accompanied by such documents and information as the Registrar may require.
(4) The Registrar may refuse an application that is incomplete or not made in compliance with paragraph (3).
(5) Subject to paragraph (6), the Registrar may, subject to such conditions as the Registrar may impose, register a power‑assisted bicycle in the name of the transferee or new owner.
(6) Where the transferee or new owner is an individual, the Registrar may register a power-assisted bicycle if the Registrar is satisfied that he or she is at least 16 years of age.
(7) Where no joint application under paragraph (1) is made to the Registrar to transfer the registration of a power‑assisted bicycle to the name of the transferee within the time delimited by paragraph (1), the owner and the transferee shall each be guilty of an offence.