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Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 (Repealed 1.9.1994)
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22 Failure to fix, and obscuration of, marks and signs.E+W+S
(1)If any mark to be fixed or sign to be exhibited on a vehicle in accordance with section 19 or 21 of this Act is not so fixed or exhibited, the person driving the vehicle, or, where the vehicle is not being driven, the person keeping the vehicle, shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that it shall be a defence for a person charged under this subsection with failing to fix a mark on a vehicle to prove—
(a)that he had no reasonable opportunity of registering the vehicle under this Act and that the vehicle was being driven on a public road for the purpose of being so registered; or
(b)in a case where the charge relates to a vehicle to which [F1section 47 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 applies by virtue of subsection (2)(b) thereof (vehicles manufactured before the prescribed period and used before registration)], that he had no reasonable opportunity of so registering the vehicle and that the vehicle was being driven on a road for the purposes of or in connection with its examination under [F2section 45 of the said Act of 1988 (examination for test certificates) in circumstances in which its use is exempted from the said section 47(1) by regulations under section 47(6) thereof].
(2)If any mark fixed or sign exhibited on a vehicle as aforesaid is in any way obscured or rendered or allowed to become not easily distinguishable, the person driving the vehicle, or, where the vehicle is not being driven, the person keeping the vehicle, shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that it shall be a defence for a person charged with such an offence to prove that he took all steps reasonably practicable to prevent the mark or sign being obscured or rendered not easily distinguishable.
(3)Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction—
(a)if it is his first conviction of such an offence, to a fine not exceeding [F3£20][F3level three on the standard scale];
(b)in any other case, to a fine not exceeding [F3£50][F3level three on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 8(3)(a)
F2Words substituted by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 8(3)(b)
F3Words “level three on the standard scale” substituted (S.) for “£20” and “£50” by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289E–289G
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 35 (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), 38 (increase of fines) and 46 (substitution of references to levels on the standard scale) apply (E.W.)
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