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The Vehicles Crime (Registration of Registration Plate Suppliers) Regulations 2008

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2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001;

“company” means a body corporate but does not include a limited liability partnership or a Scottish partnership;

“fixed” in relation to a registration plate, means fixed in accordance with regulations made under section 22(2) or 23(2) of the 1994 Act;

“insurer” means a person who is an “authorised insurer” within the meaning of Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988((1);

“limited liability partnership” has the same meaning as that expression bears in the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000((2)or the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(3), as appropriate;

“limited partnership” has the same meaning as that expression bears in the Limited Partnerships Act 1907(4);

“partnership” includes a partnership under the Partnership Act 1890(5) and a limited partnership registered in England and Wales but does not include a limited liability partnership or a Scottish partnership;

“the register” means the register maintained by the Secretary of State under section 18 of the Act;

“registration certificate” has the same meaning as that expression bears in Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles(6);

“registration document” means a registration certificate issued in accordance with regulations under section 22(1) of the 1994 Act;

“relevant policy” means an insurance policy issued by an insurer in respect of a vehicle which has sustained damage;

“relevant repairer” means a person carrying on the business of a vehicle repairer who, in respect of the sale of a registration plate, is acting under the instruction or direction of an insurer;

“Scottish partnership” means a firm within the meaning of section 4(2) of the Partnership Act 1890 or, where a firm is registered in Scotland, within the meaning of section 3 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907;

“sole trader” includes a representative of an unincorporated association other than a partnership.

(2) In these Regulations a reference to a document in terms of the letter V and a number is a reference to the document issued by the Secretary of State bearing that letter and number and a reference to such document includes any equivalent of that document issued in Northern Ireland or Wales, as appropriate.

(6)

OJ No. L138, 1.6.1999, p.57.

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