Vehicle Registration Documents (Sale of Vehicle) Bill

Key Points

• Imposes an obligation on the seller to update the vehicle's registration document with either the seller's home address or specified information about the vehicle’s owner company at sale.
• Applies at the point of transferring ownership of a vehicle.
• Aims to improve transparency and traceability of vehicle ownership and sales.
• Currently at the Second Reading in the House of Commons (as of 17 April 2026); introduced by Mr Richard Holden (Conservative).
• May raise privacy and data-handling questions about what information can be recorded and who can access it.

Progress

The Bill is at the Second Reading in the Commons. If it progresses, it would move to Committee stage and subsequent readings before becoming law, subject to passage in the Lords.