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1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 2nd February 1998.
2Preliminary#
The Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3Amendment of regulation 2 (Interpretation)#
In regulation 2(1)—
(a)for the definition of “local authority” there shall be substituted—“• “local authority” means—(a) in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London;(b) in relation to Wales, a county council or county borough council;(c) in relation to Northern Ireland, a district council;”
(b)for the definition of “public service vehicle” there shall be substituted—“• “public service vehicle”—(a) in relation to England and Wales has the meaning given by section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act; and(b) in relation to Northern Ireland has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;”
4Amendment of regulation 4 (Disapplication of the Regulations)#
In regulation 4(1) after the word “vehicle” there shall be inserted the words “which is on a public road”.
5Amendment of regulation 5 (Power to immobilise vehicles)#
In regulation 5(1) for the words “or in Wales” there shall be substituted “, Wales or Northern Ireland”.
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