Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Amendment Rules, 2022
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on 13th September 2022, published the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Amendment Rules, 2022 through which the rules relating to scrapping procedure under rule 10 has been substituted as follows: The scrapping of vehicles shall be carried out by a Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility in respect of all End-of-Life Vehicles, by the following procedure, namely: The registered owner shall apply digitally on Vahan as per Form-2 to the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility or the designated Collection Centre for deposit and further treatment of the vehicle. The Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility and the designated Collection Centre shall also act as facilitation centres to support citizens with digital application of Form-2; The documents such as identity and address proof of the owner such as passport, voter card, Aadhar card, driving license or other relevant identity card, letter of authorisation on stamp paper for the authorised representative and identity and address proof of the authorized representative shall be uploaded along with Form-2 by the registered owner for verification by the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility. The owner or his authorised representative shall submit the vehicle along with the original certificate of registration to the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility and sign a digital undertaking as per Form-2A. ) The Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility shall also sign a digital undertaking as per Form-2B; The Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility shall verify the records of the vehicles produced for scrapping through the Vahan portal including verification with the database of the stolen vehicles held by National Crime Records Bureau. The Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility shall digitally remit or pay by an account payee cheque, the agreed consideration for the vehicle and obtain a receipt for the same from the owner or his authorised representative for record. The Certificate of Deposit shall be a necessary and sufficient document for the owner to avail incentives and benefits for purchase of a new vehicle as may be declared from time to time and the validity of the said certificate shall be two years from the date of issuance. The Certificate of Deposit shall be electronically tradeable. The transfer Certificate of Deposit shall be generated on the trading platform for each new owner as per Form- 2D and the Certificate of Deposit once utilised shall be marked ―”Cancelled”in the Vahan database by the regional transport office or dealer providing the benefits to the bearer of the said certificate.
