Regulation 3 Amendments to the Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) Regulations 2013

After regulation 4 insert—

“Information request: particulars contained in the register

4A.

(1)

An information request made by the relevant authority to the Secretary of State under section 22(1)(a) of the Act may include a request for the disclosure of register information.

(2)

In this regulation—

• “register” and “registered keeper” have the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002^f1;

• “register information” means, in relation to any registration mark—

  1. (a)

     whether a particular relevant individual is the registered keeper of the vehicle identified by that registration mark; and

  2. (b)

     if the relevant individual is the registered keeper of that vehicle, any particulars contained in the register in relation to that registration mark;

• “registration mark” has the meaning given in section 23(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994^f2.”