Statutory Instruments
2003 No.3086 (C.120)
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Finance Act 2002, Section 19 (Appointed Days etc. ) Order 2003
Made
27th November 2003
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 19(2) and (4)(a) of the Finance Act 2002( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 2002, Section 19 (Appointed Days etc.) Order 2003.
Appointed days
2. The day appointed under section 19(2) of the Finance Act 2002 as the day on which section 19(1) of that Act shall come into force, in so far as that section is not already in force by virtue of section 19(3) of that Act, is—
(a) for the purpose of giving effect to paragraphs 8 to 10 and 12 to 15 of Schedule 5 to that Act, 19th December 2003; and
(b) for all other purposes, 30th November 2003.
Transitional provision
3. Section 31A of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994( 2 ) (offence by registered keeper where vehicle unlicensed) shall not apply to a person in whose name a vehicle is registered upon the coming into force of that section, if before that date that person has sold, disposed of or permanently exported that vehicle or it has been stolen and not recovered.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Tony McNulty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
27th November 2003
1994 c. 22 ; section 31A was inserted by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 2002.