Further exception to the offence under section 144A
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5. In section 144B of the 1988 Act (exceptions to the section 144A offence), after subsection (6), insert—
“(6A) The sixth condition is that—
(a)the registered keeper is at the relevant time the person keeping the vehicle,
(b)neither a licence nor a nil licence under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994(1) was in force for the vehicle on 31st January 1998,
(c)neither a licence nor a nil licence has been taken out for the vehicle for a period starting after that date, and
(d)the vehicle has not been used or kept on a public road after that date.”.
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