S.L. 368.2 Art. 25Duplicate licence and certificate.

(1) Where a licence disc or registration certificate of a motor vehicle has been, or may have been, lost, destroyed, stolen or defaced, or contains any particulars which have become illegible, the owner or registered user of the vehicle shall apply to the

Authority for the issuance of a duplicate licence or duplicate registration certificate, as the case may be.

(2) The application for the issuance of a duplicate licence or duplicate registration certificate shall be accompanied by a fee of ten euro (€10), together with the licence disc or registration certificate to be replaced if the reason for replacement is that it has been defaced or contains any particulars which have become illegible.

(3) The Authority shall issue a duplicate licence disc or a duplicate registration certificate of a motor vehicle if it is satisfied that the licence disc or registration certificate, as the case may be, has been lost, destroyed, stolen or defaced: Provided that the said Authority may, before issuing any such duplicate, require a declaration from the owner or registered user of the vehicle to prove such loss, destruction, theft or defacement. An administrative fee of eight euro (€8) shall be charged by the Authority for such a declaration.

(4) If the duplicate licence disc or duplicate registration certificate has been issued on the grounds that the original licence disc or the registration certificate has been, or may have been, lost or stolen, and the original licence or original registration certificate is subsequently found or recovered, the owner or registered user or person who found the said document shall forthwith return the original licence disc or original registration certificate to the Authority.