The Vehicle Excise Duty (Reduced Pollution) Regulations 1998

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations–

“the 1994 Act” means the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994;

“authorised examiner” means–

(a)

a vehicle examiner appointed by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1);

(b)

a vehicle examiner appointed by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland pursuant to Article 74 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2); or

(c)

a person authorised by the Secretary of State to conduct examinations for the purposes of these Regulations; “prescribed adaptation” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 5;

“prescribed fee” means the fee prescribed by regulation 14;

“rectification notice” has the meaning given by regulation 11(1);

“reduced pollution requirements” mean the requirements prescribed by regulation 5(3);

“registered keeper” in relation to a vehicle means the person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the 1994 Act;

“vehicle” means a vehicle which is an eligible vehicle within the meaning given by section 61B(4) of the 1994 Act; and

“vehicle identification number” has the same meaning as in regulation 67 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986(3).

(2) In these Regulations references to a numbered regulation or schedule are to the regulation of, or schedule to, these Regulations so numbered and references to a numbered paragraph are to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation or schedule in which the reference occurs.

(1)

1988 c. 52; section 66A was inserted by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), section 9(1).

(2)

S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18).

(3)

S.I. 1986/1078, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations; regulation 69 of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 (S.R. 1989/299) contains an identical definition.