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2.—(1) In these Regulations the following expressions shall have the following meanings—
“the Act” means the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994;
“agricultural machine” means a vehicle which is—
an agricultural tractor, as defined in paragraph 4B(2) of Schedule 1 to the Act M1, or
an off-road tractor, as defined in paragraph 4B(4) of that Schedule, or
a light agricultural vehicle, as defined in paragraph 4C(2) of that Schedule, or
an agricultural engine, or
a mowing machine;
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“EEA State” means a state which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;
“motor cycle” means a vehicle having 2 wheels and includes a vehicle of that description in combination with a sidecar;
“motor tricycle” means a vehicle having 3 wheels symmetrically arranged;
“quadricycle” means a vehicle having four wheels, a maximum net engine power not exceeding 15 kilowatts and an unladen mass (excluding the mass of batteries in the case of an electrically-powered vehicle) not exceeding—
550 kilograms in the case of a goods vehicle, and
400 kilograms in any other case;
“registration plate” means a plate or other device displaying the registration mark of the vehicle [F2, but does not include such part of a plate or device as is intended for the display of material specified in regulation 16(3) and (4);]
“prescribed font” means the style shown in Schedule 4 for a character of the height specified in that Schedule;
“relevant date” means—
in Great Britain, 1st October 1938, and
in Northern Ireland, 1st January 1948;
“works truck” means a vehicle which is—
designed for use in private premises, and
used on public roads only—
for carrying goods between private premises and a vehicle on a road in the immediate vicinity, or
in passing from one part of private premises to another or between private premises and other private premises in the immediate vicinity, or
in connection with road works at or in the immediate vicinity of the site of the works.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference in these Regulations to—
(a)a registration plate fixed or to be fixed to a vehicle, or
(b)a registration mark displayed or to be displayed on a plate,
is to be construed, where the vehicle is towing a trailer, so as to include a reference to the registration plate which is required under these Regulations to be fixed to the trailer or a reference to the mark displayed on the plate fixed to that trailer.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (27.4.2009) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/811), regs. 1, 3(a)
F2Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (27.4.2009) by The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/811), regs. 1, 3(b)
Marginal Citations
M1Paragraphs 4B and 4C of Schedule 1 were inserted by the Finance Act 1995, Schedule 4, paragraph 10.
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