If a registering authority becomes the new registering authority of an area previously under the jurisdiction of another registering authority, every owner of a licensed motor vehicle for whom such new registering authority becomes the appropriate registering authority, shall, if such motor vehicle is not licensed with such new registering authority, be liable to apply to the new registering authority for the licensing of such motor vehicle in the manner referred to in regulation 24, and on the date referred to in regulation 23(1)(e).