http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/3/contents/2005-07-01Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001An Act to regulate motor salvage operators and registration plate suppliers; to make further provision for preventing or detecting vehicle crime; to enable the Secretary of State to make payments in respect of certain expenditure relating to vehicle crime; and for connected purposes.2001-05-26texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2018-09-20Expert Participation2005-07-01Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001s. 38(3)(4)Road Safety Act 2006s. 2(2)s. 61(1)(10)Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001s. 38(4A)Road Safety Act 2006s. 2(3)s. 61(1)(10)Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001Part 1 REGULATION OF MOTOR SALVAGE OPERATORS Registration1 Requirement of registration for motor salvage operators2 Registers of motor salvage operators3 Applications for registration and renewal of registration4 Cancellation of registration5 Right to make representations6 Appeals Keeping of records etc.7 Keeping of records8 Notification of destruction of motor vehicles Supplementary provisions and offences9 Rights to enter and inspect premises10 Offence of making false statements11 Notification requirements12 Offence of giving false particulars on sale for salvage General13 Application of “fit and proper” test to companies etc.14 Proceedings for offences under Part 115 Power to amend or repeal private or local Acts16 Interpretation of Part 1Part 2 REGULATION OF REGISTRATION PLATE SUPPLIERS Registration17 Requirement of registration for registration plate suppliers18 Register of registration plate suppliers19 Applications for registration20 Removal or suspension of registration by a court21 Cancellation of registration by the Secretary of State22 Right to make representations: Part 223 Appeals: Part 2 Keeping of records etc.24 Keeping of records: Part 225 Provision of information on sale of registration plates Supplementary provisions and offences26 Rights to enter and inspect premises: Part 227 Notification requirements: Part 228 Offences relating to counterfeit registration plates29 Offence of supplying plates etc. to unregistered persons General30 Proceedings for offences under Part 231 Interpretation of Part 2Part 3 OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO VEHICLE CRIME Vehicle licensing and registration32 Provision of documents etc. on vehicle licence applications33 Issue of new registration documents: vehicle identity checks etc.34 Imposition of requirements concerning registration plates Information requirements35 Notification by scrap metal dealers of destruction of motor vehicles36 Access to certain motor insurance information Miscellaneous37 Taking a conveyance without authority: extension of prosecution time-limits38 Unified power for Secretary of State to fund speed cameras etc.Part 4 SUPPLEMENTARY General39 Offences by bodies corporate40 Service of notices41 Orders and regulations under this Act42 General financial provision43 Consequential amendments Final44 Commencement45 Extent46 Short titleSCHEDULE CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 (c.69)1(1) Section 6 of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964...2In section 9(1) of that Act (definition of carrying on... Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c.22)3In section 7(2) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act...4In section 22(2A)(d) of that Act (registration regulations about nil...5After section 43A of that Act there shall be inserted—...6(1) Paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to that Act (vehicles... Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c.25)7After section 55(7) of the Justices of the Peace Act...8(1) Section 57 of that Act (grants by Lord Chancellor...9In section 58(1) of that Act (certain local authority land...10After section 59B(7) of that Act (funding arrangements for the...Vehicles (Crime) Act 20012001 CHAPTER 3

An Act to regulate motor salvage operators and registration plate suppliers; to make further provision for preventing or detecting vehicle crime; to enable the Secretary of State to make payments in respect of certain expenditure relating to vehicle crime; and for connected purposes.

[10th April 2001]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—