{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retention-of-registration-marks-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retention-of-registration-marks-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2850",
  "legislation_title": "The Retention of Registration Marks (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retention-of-registration-marks-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2 (interpretation) in paragraph (1)—\n(a) at the end of the definition of “grantee” there shall be added “or any person in whom such right vests by operation of law”;\n(b) after the definition of “nominated person” there shall be inserted—\n““relevant motor dealer” means a motor dealer selling or supplying vehicles to which Part 1A or Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act applies and to whom registration marks are allocated for assignment to such vehicles;\n“relevant period” means the period during which a right of retention is exercisable;”;\n(c) after the definition of “retention document” there shall be inserted—\n““retention period” means a period of 12 months, 24 months or 36 months; and\n“vehicle licence” includes a nil licence.”; and\n(d) the definition of “right of retention” shall be omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "A “nil licence” is defined in section 62(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2850/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:34.607072+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}