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

InterpretationU.K.

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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 [F1or 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 M2or 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 [F3or 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.

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