Road Traffic
(Registration of Trailers – Vienna Convention) (Jersey)
Order 2018
1 Interpretation
In this Order –
“Inspector” has the same meaning as in the Registration
Law;
“published”, in relation to a form, means published in a
manner appearing likely to the Inspector to bring the form to the attention of
the public;
“Registration Law” means the Motor Vehicle Registration (Jersey) Law 1993;
“Registration Order” means the Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions)
(Jersey) Order 1993;
“Road Traffic Law” means the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956;
“Vienna Convention country” means a country, outside the
British Islands, that is a party to the Vienna Convention.
2 Descriptions
of motor-drawn trailer exempt from requirement to register
(1) For the purpose of Article 80A(3)(b)(ii)
of the Road Traffic Law, the descriptions of motor-drawn trailer that are
exempt from the requirement to be registered are motor-drawn trailers falling
within any of paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) A motor-drawn trailer
falls within this paragraph if its maximum gross weight does not exceed
750 kg.
(3) [1]
(4) A motor-drawn trailer
falls within this paragraph if it is used for the purposes of a home force, as
defined by Article 3(1) of the Armed Forces (Offences and Jurisdiction) (Jersey)
Law 2017, and is drawn by a vehicle that is exempt from registration under
the Registration Law by virtue of Article 2(d) of the Registration Law.
(5) A motor-drawn trailer
falls within this paragraph if it would, if it was a motor vehicle, be for the
time being exempt from registration under the Registration Law by virtue of the
Motor Vehicles (International
Circulation) (Jersey) Regulations 1958.
(6) [2]
(7) In paragraph (2), “maximum
gross weight” has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Jersey)
Order 1998.[3]
3 Modified
application of motor vehicle provisions
(1) The application to a motor-drawn
trailer of the provisions listed in Article 80A(6) of the Road Traffic Law
is further modified as described in the following paragraphs.
(2) In the Registration
Law –
(a) the
provisions are to be read without the references to an insurance write off, a
mark-right or a trade licence; and
(b) Articles 2,
2A, 4(1)(b), 4(2), 5(3), 5(5)(d) and 7 do not apply.
(2A) Article 4(1)(f) of the
Registration Law does not apply if the Inspector is satisfied that the
trailer –
(a) exists; and
(b) is not used in
connection with a trade or business, or to carry goods in the course of a trade
or business.[4]
(2B) In order to satisfy themselves of
the matters in paragraph (2A)(a) and Article 4(1)(e) of the Registration
Law, the Inspector may require the production of –
(a) clear
images of the trailer’s vehicle identification number or chassis plate;
(b) manufacturer’s
information for the trailer;
(c) proof
of the trailer’s storage location outside Jersey;
(d) date-stamped
photographs of the trailer; or
(e) the
other information that the Inspector reasonably requires to verify the
trailer’s particulars and compliance with the prescribed requirements for
registration.[5]
(3) In Article 1 of
the Registration Order, none of the definitions apply except for the
definitions “Law” and “prescribed font”.
(4) In Article 5 of
the Registration Order –
(a) for
the purpose of paragraph (a), the reference to the form in Schedule 3
to that Order is to be read as a reference to a form, published by the
Inspector, that requires completion of all of the information appearing to the
Inspector to be necessary or useful for registration of a motor-drawn trailer;
and
(b) paragraph (b)(ii)
does not apply.
(5) In Article 6 of
the Registration Order –
(a) for
the purpose of paragraph (1), the reference to the form in Schedule 4
to that Order is to be read as a reference to a form that –
(i) is published by
the Inspector,
(ii) is
laid out in the same format of lettered parts, and numbered sections and
numbered boxes, as the form in Schedule 4, and
(iii) sets
out all of the information appearing to the Inspector to be necessary, for the purpose
of the Vienna Convention, for a registration certificate of a motor-drawn
trailer; and
(b) paragraph (2)
does not apply.
(6) Article 11 of the Registration
Order does not apply, and accordingly nor does Article 12(2).
(7) Articles 14(1)(a)(ii),
(iii) and (v) of the Registration Order do not apply.
(8) In Article 20 of
the Registration Order –
(a) paragraph (1)(a)
does not apply;
(b) for
the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), the index mark must be the letters
“JT”; and
(c) paragraph (2)
does not apply.
(9) Articles 21 and 22
of the Registration Order do not apply.
(10) In the table in Schedule 1
to the Registration Order –
(a) items
4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22, 23, 24 and 25 do not apply; and
(b) the
particulars are to be read as including particulars of the trailer’s
unladen weight, as defined in the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Jersey)
Order 1998.
(11) In Schedule 2 to the Registration
Order, paragraphs 1 to 5 and 6(2)(a) do not apply.
(12) Schedules 3, 4 and 4A to
the Registration Order do not apply.
(13) In Schedule 5 to the Registration
Order –
(a) in
paragraph 1, the definitions “hours of darkness”,
“moped”, “motorcycle”, “trailer”,
“pedestrian controlled vehicle” and “works truck” do
not apply;
(b) in
paragraph 3 the requirement to exhibit the registration mark applies only
to the back of the trailer, or as directed by the Inspector;
(c) paragraph 4
does not apply in respect of the trailer, but the registration mark of the trailer
must be displayed in such a manner as to be easily distinguishable from any
registration mark that –
(i) belongs to the
motor vehicle drawing the trailer, and
(ii) is
required by paragraph 4, as it applies to that motor vehicle, to be
displayed on the trailer;
(d) paragraphs 5
and 8 do not apply;
(e) paragraph 9
applies regardless of the date of construction of the trailer; and
(f) Part 5
does not apply.
4 Voluntary
registration of exempt trailer
(1) If a motor-drawn
trailer is exempt by virtue of Article 2, the owner of that trailer may
nevertheless apply to register it.
(2) Article 3 applies
to the registration of a trailer under this Article as it applies to the
registration of a trailer that is not exempt.
(3) The Inspector must
register the trailer if he or she would be required to register the trailer if
it were not exempt by virtue of Article 2.
5 Transitional
provision: registration before 30th March 2019
(1) At
any time before 30th March 2019 –
(a) a
non-exempt motor-drawn trailer is exempt from the requirement to be registered,
for the purpose of Article 80A(3)(b)(ii) of the Road Traffic Law; but
(b) the
owner of the trailer may apply to register the trailer in anticipation of the
trailer becoming subject to that requirement on or after 30th March 2019.
(2) Article 3
applies to the registration of a trailer under this Article as it applies to
the registration of a trailer that is not exempt.
(3) The
Inspector must register the trailer if he or she would be required to register
the trailer if it were not exempt by virtue of paragraph (1)(a).
(4) In
this Article “non-exempt motor-drawn trailer” means a motor-drawn
trailer that is not exempt by virtue of Article 2.
5A Transitional
provision relating to Road Traffic (Registration of Trailers – Vienna
Convention) (Jersey) Amendment Order 2026[6]
(1) A registration of a
motor-drawn trailer made before the commencement date of the amendment Order
continues as if the amendment Order had not been made.
(2) An application for
registration of a motor-drawn trailer made before the commencement date but not
determined by the commencement date may, at the Inspector’s discretion,
be determined under this Order as amended by the amendment Order.
(3) In this
Article –
“amendment Order”
means Road Traffic (Registration of Trailers – Vienna Convention)
(Jersey) Amendment Order 2026;
“commencement date”
means the day the amendment Order comes into force.
6 Citation
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Registration of
Trailers – Vienna Convention) (Jersey) Order 2018.