25 Provision of information on sale of registration platesE+W
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for the obtaining by registered persons who are in the course of selling registration plates of information of a prescribed description from their prospective purchasers before the completion of the sale.
(2)Regulations under this section may specify provisions of the regulations as provisions to which subsection (3) applies.
(3)A person who contravenes any provision to which this subsection applies shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4)In proceedings for an offence under subsection (3) it shall be a defence for the accused to show that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 25(3) applied (1.8.2008) by Vehicles Crime (Registration of Registration Plate Suppliers) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1715), regs. 1, 6(10)
Commencement Information
I1S. 25 wholly in force; s. 25 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 44; Pt. 2 (ss. 17-31) of the Act in force for certain purposes at 1.12.2002, s. 25(1)(2) otherwise in force at 1.1.2003 and s. 25(3)(4) otherwise in force at 1.3.2003 by S.I. 2002/2957, arts. {2}, {3}, {4}