Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1361
Exiting The European Union
Road Traffic
The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Sift requirements satisfied
24th November 2020
Made
26th November 2020
Laid before Parliament
30th November 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21(b) of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(“the 2018 Act”)( 1 ) and sections 22(1)(a), (e) and (h), and 57(1), (2) and (5) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994( 2 ).
The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to the 2018 Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations)( 3 ) have been satisfied.
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force as follows—
(a) regulations 2 and 3 come into force on IP completion day( 4 ), and
(b) this regulation and regulation 4 come into force immediately before IP completion day.
Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002
Revocation of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
3.The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2017( 6 ) are revoked.
Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Registration, Registration Plates and Excise Exemption) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
4. —(1)The Road Vehicles (Registration, Registration Plates and Excise Exemption) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018( 7 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(2), in each place it occurs, for “exit day” substitute “IP completion day”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Rachel Maclean
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
26th November 2020
2018 c. 16 . Section 8 was amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) , section 27(1) to (6). Paragraph 21(b) of Schedule 7 was amended by Schedule 5, paragraphs 38 and 53(1) and (2)(b) of that Act.
1994 c. 22 . Section 22(1)(h) was amended by the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) , Schedule 2, paragraph 4(1) and (4), and by the Vehicle (Crime) Act 2001 (c. 3) , section 33(1); section 57(1) was amended by the Finance Act 1996, Schedule 2, paragraph 16 and Schedule 41, Part II, paragraph (6).
Paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 was amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, Schedule 5, paragraphs 38 and 50(b).
“IP completion day” is defined in the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) , Schedule 1, by reference to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, section 39.
S.I. 2002/2742 . Regulation 27B was inserted by S.I. 2017/554 . There are other amendments but none are relevant to these Regulations.