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(1)The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain a register of persons carrying on business as registration plate suppliers.
(2)Each person’s entry in the register shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed.
(3)The Secretary of State shall, subject to subsection (6) and such fee (if any) as may be prescribed, supply any person who has requested information contained in the register with the information that he has requested.
(4)If the request is for information in the form of a copy (certified to be true) of the register or of an extract from it, the Secretary of State shall, subject to subsection (6) and such fee (if any) as may be prescribed, supply the information in that form.
(5)Any such certified copy shall be evidence [F1(or, in Scotland, sufficient evidence)] of the matters mentioned in it.
(6)The Secretary of State may by regulations specify—
(a)descriptions of persons who are not entitled to be supplied with information under subsection (3); and
(b)descriptions of information which shall not be supplied under that subsection.
(7)The Secretary of State may make all of the information contained in the register or information so contained of a particular description available F2... for use by constables for the purpose of investigating offences under this Part.
(8)The Secretary of State may by regulations determine the circumstances in which any of the information to which constables have been given access under subsection (7) may be further disclosed by them.
[F3(9) In this section, “ constables ” includes—
[F4(a)members of the civilian staff of a police force, including the metropolitan police force, (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011),
(aa)persons employed by the Common Council of the City of London who are under the direction and control of the Commissioner of Police for the City of London,]
[F5(b)police staff within the meaning of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, and]
(c)persons employed by the British Transport Police Authority under section 27(1) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 who are under the direction and control of the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 18(5) inserted (31.7.2008) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 46(4), 61(1); S.I. 2008/1864, art. 2
F2Words in s. 18(7) omitted (7.10.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 106; S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)
F3S. 18(9) inserted (1.7.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 123(2), 178(8); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(k)
F4 S. 18(9)(a)(aa) substituted (16.1.2012) for s. 18(9)(a) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 275; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1
F5S. 18(9)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 36
Commencement Information
I1S. 18 wholly in force; s. 18 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 and s. 18 otherwise in force at 1.1.2003 by S.I. 2002/2957, arts. {2}, {3}
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