# The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1 These Regulations further amend the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971 in consequence of the Finance Act 1987.
2 Section 2 of the Finance Act 1987 amended the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 for the purpose of establishing recovery vehicles as a class of vehicles chargeable with a specific duty of excise.
3 Previously, under section 16 of the 1971 Act a motor trader could take out a trade licence for all recovery vehicles kept by him for the purpose of dealing with disabled vehicles in the course of that business. As a result of the amendments made by the 1987 Act trade licences can no longer be taken out for a recovery vehicle kept for that purpose.
4 Part V of the principal Regulations deals with trade licences. The amendments remove from Part V the provisions relating to recovery vehicles.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2123/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-registration-and-licensing-amendment-regulations-1987/note
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