Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 2 extended (Scotland and Northern Ireland) (31.7.2008) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 46(1), 61(1); S.I. 2008/1864, art. 2 (with art. 3)
(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 to the [F2National Policing Improvement Agency] 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—
(a)persons employed by a police authority under section 15(1) of the Police Act 1996 who are under the direction and control of the chief officer of police of the police force maintained by that authority,
(b)persons employed by a police authority under section 9(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 who are under the direction and control of the chief constable of the police force maintained for the authority's area, 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) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), s. 53(1), Sch. 1 para. 77; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(a) (with art. 6)
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)
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}