Transport (Scotland) Act 2019

Prospective

General S

107 Power to modify Part S

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify this Part for the purpose of—

(a) amending the definition of “relevant land” in section 94,

(b) adding to, removing or amending any of the conditions to which the right conferred by section 95 is for the time being subject.

(2) The power to modify this Part for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(b) includes, in particular, power to add to, remove or amend—

(a) any provisions that are applicable for the purposes of a condition, and

(b) any powers of the Scottish Ministers to prescribe anything for the purposes of a condition by regulations.

108 Interpretation of Part S

In this Part—

• “the creditor” means the person who is for the time being entitled to recover unpaid parking charges from the driver of the vehicle,

• “driver” includes, where more than one person is engaged in the driving of the vehicle, any person so engaged,

• “keeper” means the person by whom the vehicle is kept at the time the vehicle was parked, which in the case of a registered vehicle is to be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to be the registered keeper,

• “notice to driver” means a notice given in accordance with section 98,

• “notice to keeper” means a notice given in accordance with section 99 or 100 (as the case may be),

• “registered address” means, in relation to the keeper of a registered vehicle, the address described in section 102(3)(b) (as provided by the Secretary of State in response to the application for the keeper's details required by section 102),

• “registered keeper”, in relation to a registered vehicle, means the person in whose name the vehicle is registered,

• “registered vehicle” means a vehicle which is for the time being registered under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994,

• “vehicle” means a mechanically-propelled vehicle or a vehicle designed or adapted for towing by a mechanically-propelled vehicle.