The Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 2377 (C. 78)

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The Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2002

Made

16th September 2002

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 44 of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001(1) hereby makes the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2002.

Commencement

2.  The following provisions of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 shall come into force on 17th September 2002—

(a) section 32;

(b) section 33;

(c) section 43 for the purposes of paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Schedule to that Act.

Signed by Authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

David Jamieson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

16th September 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order commences sections 32 of the Vehicle (Crime) Act 2001 on 17th September 2002 and 33 of the same Act on the same date together with consequential provisions. Section 32 amends and clarifies provisions regarding applications for registration of motor vehicles. Section 33 confers a power to make regulations providing that the Secretary of State may refuse a new registration document where he is not satisfied that the vehicle for which it is sought is the registered vehicle.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 37	1st October 2001	2000/3215
Section 43 for the purposes of paragraphs 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the Schedule	2nd January 2002	2001/4059
Save for section 8, Part I	21st October 2002	2002/1914

(1)

2001 c. 3.