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(1)The Scottish Ministers may, following consultation with such persons as they consider appropriate, issue written guidance in relation to the exercise of functions conferred on a local authority (whether as a local authority or as a traffic authority) by virtue of this Part.
(2)A local authority must have regard to any written guidance given by the Scottish Ministers about the exercise of functions conferred on it (whether as a local authority or as a traffic authority) by virtue of this Part.
(3)The Scottish Ministers must publish any such guidance in such manner as they consider appropriate as soon as reasonably practicable after it has been given.
In this Part—
“approved device” means a device approved under or in accordance with regulations under section 21(1),
“registered address”, in relation to the registered keeper of a vehicle, means the address recorded in the record kept under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 in respect of that vehicle as being that person’s address,
“registered keeper”, in relation to a penalty charge payable in connection with a vehicle, means the person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 at the time of the contravention to which the penalty charge relates,
“road” has the meaning given by section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984,
“traffic authority” has the meaning given by section 121A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984,
“vehicle” means a motor vehicle within the meaning of section 185(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, except that section 189 of that Act (exception for certain pedestrian controlled vehicles and electrically assisted pedal cycles) applies as it applies for the purposes of that Act.
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