# The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Paragraph 5: Circumstances in which a vehicle is to be regarded as having been in the territory of a relevant state for the purposes of this Part


(1) For the purposes of paragraph 2(3)(c)—
(a) at any material time before the 5th November 1993, “relevant state” means a member State;
(b) in relation to any time on or after 5th November 1993 but before 1st May 1995, “relevant state” means an EEA State other than Liechtenstein; and
(c) in relation to any time on or after 1st May 1995, “relevant state” means any EEA State.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—
“EEA agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on the 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the protocol signed at Brussels on the 17th March 1993; and
“EEA State” means a State which is a contracting party to the EEA agreement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/schedule/7XA/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-7XA/paragraph-5
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