Regulation 11 Interpretation of Part III

In this Part of these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, the following expressions have the meaning hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—

• “description of the place of abandonment”, in relation to a vehicle, means a description of the place at which that vehicle appears or appeared to be abandoned which will be sufficient to enable that place to be identified after the vehicle has been removed therefrom;

• "H.P. Information Ltd." means Hire Purchase Information Limited, being a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1948 ^f1;

• “owner”, in relation to a vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire purchase agreement, includes the person entitled to possession of the vehicle under the agreement;

• "G.B. registration mark" means a registration mark issued in relation to a vehicle under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971^f2;

• “specified information”, in relation to a vehicle, means such of the following information as can be or could have been ascertained from an inspection of the vehicle, or has been ascertained from any other source, that is to say—

  1. (a)

     in the case of a vehicle which carried a G.B. registration mark, or a mark indicating registration in a country outside Great Britain, particulars of such mark; and

  2. (b)

     the make of the vehicle.