The Retention of Registration Marks Regulations 1992

Citation, commencement and interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1971 Act” means the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971(1);

“the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988(2);

“duplicate retention document” means a copy of a retention document issued under regulation 8;

“G.B. records” means the records kept under the 1971 Act, on behalf of the Secretary of State, by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and does not include any records kept under that Act, on behalf of the Secretary of State, by a Northern Ireland department;

“grantee” in relation to a right of retention, means the person to whom the right is granted;

“right of retention” means such a right as is mentioned in regulation 3(1);

“retention document” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7.

(2) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in the Regulations; and

(b) any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which the reference occurs.

(1)

1971 c. 10.

(2)

1988 c. 52.