1.—(1) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1st April 1986 and may be cited as the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986.
(2) The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1968 (1) are hereby revoked.
2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—
“the 1978 Act” means the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978;
“the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
“motor vehicle” has the meaning assigned to it in section 11(1) of the 1978 Act;
“road”, in England and Wales, means any highway and any other road to which the public has access and, in Scotland, has the meaning assigned to it in section 151 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984(2);
“vehicle”, in relation to any matter prescribed by these Regulations for the purposes of any provision in sections 3 and 4 of the 1978 Act, means a motor vehicle, and in relation to any matter prescribed by these Regulations for the purposes of any provision in sections 99 and 101 of the 1984 Act has the meaning assigned to it in section 99(5) of that Act, and, in relation to any matter prescribed by these Regulations for the purposes of section 99 of the 1984 Act, any reference to a vehicle which has been permitted to remain at rest or which has broken down includes a reference to a vehicle which has been permitted to remain at rest or which has broken down before the coming into force of these Regulations.