# The Trailer Registration Regulations 2018, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“registered” means registered by the Secretary of State under these Regulations;
“the Convention” means the Convention on Road Traffic of 8th November 1968;
“the permissible maximum mass” means the weight which the trailer is designed or adapted not to exceed when in normal use, travelling on a road and laden;
“the register” means the register of trailers established and maintained by the Secretary of State; and
“the registered keeper” means the person recorded in the register as the person who keeps the trailer.
(2) With the exception of regulation 16(3), references to the use of a trailer on a road are to the use of a trailer on a road while it is being drawn by a motor vehicle.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111173046/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-trailer-registration-regulations-2018/regulation-2
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