The Draft Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility Amendment) Rules, 2022.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vide its notification dated 4^th March 2022 has published the Draft Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility Amendment) Rules, 2022 and has invited Objections or suggestions from the public which shall be addressed to the Joint Secretary (Transport), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi – 110 001 within 30 days.

Through this amendment, the definition for the term ‘Certificate of Deposit’ has been notified as follows:

 ‘Certificate of Deposit’ means the certificate issued by the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF) to recognise the submission of the vehicle from the registered owner to the RVSF for further treatment.”

Further under rule 4, The Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility must have necessary cyber security certifications for the IT Systems before start of operation for safe access to the VAHAN database.

The scrapping procedure under rule 10 has been substituted as follows:

The scrapping of vehicles shall be carried out by an RVSF in respect of all End-of-Life Vehicles, by the following procedure, namely: –

1. The registered owner shall apply digitally on Vahan as per Form-2 to the RVSF or the designated Collection Centre for deposit and further treatment of the vehicle. The RVSF and the designated Collection Centre shall also act as facilitation centres to support citizens with digital application of Form-2.
2. Vehicles impounded by an enforcement agency shall be handed over to the RVSF, if they meet the criteria for vehicle scrapping.
3. The RVSF shall verify the records of the vehicles produced for scrapping with the database of the stolen vehicles held by National Crime Records Bureau through the Vahan portal
4. Once the digital application as per Form-2 is submitted on Vahan along with the prescribed documents, it shall be sent digitally to the regional transport office for no dues for vehicle scrapping as per rule 58A of CMVR.
5. On receiving the no dues for vehicle scrapping from the regional transport office, the RVSF shall accept the digital application as per Form-2 and inform the owner to submit the vehicle for scrapping. If the no dues for vehicle scrapping is not provided by the regional transport office, the RVSF cannot accept the application for scrapping.
6. The RVSF 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 authorized representative for record.
7. 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. The validity of this certificate shall be 2 years from the date of issuance.
8. The RVSF shall ensure that removal or re-cycling or disposal of hazardous parts of the scrapped vehicle is done as per CPCB guidelines for Environmentally Sound Management of End-of-Live Vehicles and AIS-129.
9.  Vehicles shall not be scrapped until the fuel, oil, antifreeze, and other gases, fluids etc. are drained and collected in certified standard containers.