B Class vehicle transfer with DoT

Just went through a little hurdle with the vehicle transfer of ownership on the car. The previous owner and I thought the transfer process of the 'B classed' Evo V was same as a regular car. So, we filled in the usual Red and Green form from DoT and mailed them in. 

Two Weeks later I received this letter :

I had a look at the rego papers and noted the condition codes which I failed to see before:

See condition code 004

So, I contacted the seller and asked him to get an approval from director general as per the letter. Of course both of us had no idea what the process was for obtaining the mentioned approval. The seller contacted DoT couple of times before actually getting someone who was able to help. 

This is the reply I got from the seller :

"Spoke to Alison at the DPI, I called the number from the letter you received.

What is needed is for you to take the car and all the papers I gave you to Welshpool. All they need to do is a check to ensure that the car is still as it was when first registered and for you to confirm that you will only use the car as per the restrictions.

They may ask you to change the rego plate as they have now a new system which the plate is a "Rally ###" but I would not suggest anything, wait for them to advise."

I wasn't prepared to drive the car all the way to Welshpool licensing centre without confirming what was actually required for the vehicle transfer. So, I just took all the paper work I had and went to Welshpool licensing centre, without the car.

It took them about an hour to work out what was needed to be done and go through all the paper work etc.

Luckily, there was a nice and patient lady at the general enquiry counter who looked after the whole process.

In the end I had to

- sign an immobiliser exemption form and pay the fee

- present my CAMS license (L2S) + logbook for record copies

- pay the transfer fee

- no vehicle examination needed, thank god!, didn't want to be in the queue for that

- no rally plates needed, I asked them about it and they said this is something organised through a club?? So I just left it at that.

Immobiliser exemption receipt

But somehow I get a feeling that if I went to a different licensing centre they may interpret what's on the letter and the rego condition codes differently and take a different path for the transfer, or may not be able to accomodate the transfer at all if they aren't familiar with the process. So far, I got 3 different responses on how to do a B classed car transfer, all from DoT.

Now that the vehicle transfer process is all sorted, I read into the rally plates a bit further.
Apparently, there is a 'Dedicated Rally Car' (DRC) program arranged between DoT and CAMS.

I contacted CAMS office for further information and looks like a fair bit of work is involved which I may or may not have to go through. I'll need to do some more research and put it into another post.