http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/43Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to vehicle excise duty and the registration of vehicles.1994-07-05texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-06-19Expert Participation2024-02-22 Part III Offences Offences relating to registration marks Obscured registration mark.431If a registration mark fixed on a vehicle as required by virtue of section 23 is in any way—aobscured, orbrendered, or allowed to become, not easily distinguishable,the relevant person is guilty of an offence.2A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.3In subsection (1) “the relevant person” means the person driving the vehicle or, where it is not being driven, the person keeping it.4It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he took all steps which it was reasonably practicable to take to prevent the mark being obscured or rendered not easily distinguishable.
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</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>the relevant person is guilty of an offence.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/43/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/43/2" id="section-43-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/43/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/43/3" id="section-43-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In subsection (1) “
<Term id="term-the-relevant-person">the relevant person</Term>
” means the person driving the vehicle or, where it is not being driven, the person keeping it.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/43/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/43/4" id="section-43-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he took all steps which it was reasonably practicable to take to prevent the mark being obscured or rendered not easily distinguishable.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
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