{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-registration-marks-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-registration-marks-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2372",
  "legislation_title": "The Sale of Registration Marks (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-registration-marks-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of Regulations",
  "text": "In paragraph 1 (interpretation)—\n(a) at the end of the definition of “purchaser” there shall be added “or any person in whom such right vests by operation of law”;\n(b) after the definition of “purchaser” there shall be inserted—\n““purchase period” means, in relation to the acquisition of a relevant right, the period of 12 months, 24 months or 36 months”;\n(c) after the definition of “the Registration and Licensing Regulations” “and” shall be omitted and 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 relevant right is exercisable;”; and\n(d) after the definition of “relevant right” there shall be inserted—\n“; and\n“vehicle licence” includes a nil licence.”.",
  "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/2008/2372/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:24:43.428881+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."
}