Finance Act 1989

10 Powers of Secretary of State with respect to assignment of registration marks

(1) Section 19 of each of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 and the Vehicles (Excise) Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (registration and registration marks) shall be amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) The Secretary of State may, in such circumstances as he may determine—

(a) assign a registration mark to a vehicle to which another registration mark has been previously assigned;

(b) assign to a vehicle (whether on its first registration or not) a registration mark previously assigned to another vehicle;

(c) (whether in connection with an assignment falling within either of the preceding paragraphs or not) withdraw any registration mark for the time being assigned to a vehicle;

(d) re-assign to a vehicle a registration mark previously assigned to it but subsequently withdrawn.”

(3) In subsection (2), after the words “registration mark” there shall be inserted the words “for the time being”.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the operation of—

(a) either of the Acts referred to in subsection (1) above, or

(b) any regulations made under either of those Acts,

in relation to any time before the day on which this Act is passed.