The Vehicles Crime (Registration of Registration Plate Suppliers) Regulations 2008

Interpretation U.K.

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001;

“company” means a body corporate but does not include a limited liability partnership or a Scottish partnership;

“fixed” in relation to a registration plate, means fixed in accordance with regulations made under section 22(2) or 23(2) of the 1994 Act [F1 or section 15(3) of the 2018 Act];

“insurer” means a person who is an “authorised insurer” within the meaning of Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988 M1 ;

“limited liability partnership” has the same meaning as that expression bears in the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 M2 or the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 M3 , as appropriate;

“limited partnership” has the same meaning as that expression bears in the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 M4 ;

“partnership” includes a partnership under the Partnership Act 1890 M5 and a limited partnership registered in England and Wales but does not include a limited liability partnership or a Scottish partnership;

“the register” means the register maintained by the Secretary of State under section 18 of the Act;

[F2 “registration certificate” means the document issued in accordance with EU law which certifies that a vehicle is registered in a member State;]

“registration document” means a registration certificate issued in accordance with regulations under section 22(1) of the 1994 Act [F3 or a registration document issued in accordance with regulations made under section 13(1) of the 2018 Act];

“relevant policy” means an insurance policy issued by an insurer in respect of a vehicle which has sustained damage;

“relevant repairer” means a person carrying on the business of a vehicle repairer who, in respect of the sale of a registration plate, is acting under the instruction or direction of an insurer;

“Scottish partnership” means a firm within the meaning of section 4(2) of the Partnership Act 1890 or, where a firm is registered in Scotland, within the meaning of section 3 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907;

“sole trader” includes a representative of an unincorporated association other than a partnership.

(2) In these Regulations a reference to a document in terms of the letter V and a number is a reference to the document issued by the Secretary of State bearing that letter and number and a reference to such document includes any equivalent of that document issued in Northern Ireland or Wales, as appropriate.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (21.11.2018) by The Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1203), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 2(2)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Registration, Registration Plates and Excise Exemption) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1295), regs. 1(2), 4(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (21.11.2018) by The Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1203), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 2(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1988 c.52.

M2 2000 c.12.

M3 2002 c.12.

M4 1907 c.24

M5 1890 c.39.