14.This section inserts a new section 46A of the Road Traffic Act 1998. It describes how the Secretary of State may use the records in the proposed MOT database and the database of vehicle records held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
15.Subsection (2) allows the Secretary of State to use information from either of the databases to check the accuracy of the information in the other database and, where appropriate, to amend or supplement the information contained in the other database.
16.Subsection (3) provides for the Secretary of State to use information from the DVLA database to promote compliance with the requirement to have a valid MOT certificate. This could include the sending out of reminders to registered keepers that their vehicles might need MOT tests.
Commentary on Sections Section 3: Use of records relating to vehicle examinations, etc.