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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retention-of-registration-marks-regulations-1993/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/987",
  "legislation_title": "The Retention of Registration Marks Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retention-of-registration-marks-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1971 Act” means the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971;\n“the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;\n“G.B.records” means the records, kept under the 1971 Act, on behalf of the Secretary of State, by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and does not include any records kept under that Act, on behalf of the Secretary of State, by a Northern Ireland department;\n“grantee” means the person to whom a right of retention is granted;\n“nominated person” means a person nominated as provided in regulation 3(1)(b);\n“retention document” means a document issued as provided in regulation 9(1) or (2);\n“right of retention” means a right mentioned in regulation 3;\n(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—\n(a) a reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations; and.\n(b) a reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which the reference occurs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 52."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/193",
      "affecting_title": "The Retention and Sale of Registration Marks Regulations 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/193",
      "affecting_title": "The Retention and Sale of Registration Marks Regulations 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "words added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/193",
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    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2976",
      "affecting_title": "The Retention of Registration Marks (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
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      "affecting_title": "The Retention of Registration Marks (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
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      "affecting_title": "The Retention of Registration Marks (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2976",
      "affecting_title": "The Retention of Registration Marks (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/2850",
      "affecting_title": "The Retention of Registration Marks (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/2850",
      "affecting_title": "The Retention of Registration Marks (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/987/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:58:39.431467+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."
}