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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-no-2-act-1992-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-1993/schedule/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-no-2-act-1992-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-1993/schedule/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2272",
  "legislation_title": "The Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-no-2-act-1992-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-1993",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule—\n“appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State for Social Security, the Secretary of State for Scotland or the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland;\n“licence” means a licence under the Act for a mechanically propelled vehicle;\n“qualified disabled person” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(2) below;\n“relevant certificate” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(3) below;\n“the Act” means the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971;\n“the appointed day” means 13th October 1993;\n“the 1971 Regulations” means the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971; and\n“the 1973 Regulations” means the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973.\n(2) In this Schedule any reference to the Secretary of State for Social Security shall include a reference to his statutory predecessor.\n(3) In this Schedule any reference to the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland shall include a reference to its statutory predecessor.\n(4) Without prejudice to section 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978, a reference in this Schedule to a provision of either the 1971 Regulations or the 1973 Regulations is, unless otherwise stated, a reference to that provision as from time to time amended or as from time to time re-enacted with or without modification.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 10; the Act was extended to Northern Ireland by section 10 of the Finance Act 1991 (c. 31)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I.1971/450; relevant amending instruments are S.I.1972/1865, 1973/870, 1975/1089, 1975/1342, 1976/1680, 1976/2089, 1977/230, 1978/1536, 1981/366, 1982/1802, 1984/814, 1986/607, 1986/1177, 1990/2185 and 1993/1760."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. and O. (N.I.) 1973 No.490; relevant amending instruments are S.I.1976/2088, 1976/2180, 1977/231, 1978/1541, 1981/367, 1986/706, 1986/1178, 1988/1130, 1990/2186 and 1993/1759."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1978 c. 30."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "continued (with modifications) (temp.)",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1994/22",
      "affecting_title": "Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994"
    }
  ],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}