Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 schedule 4 paragraph 10

Regulations about registration and licensing

Paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 preserves the continued effect of an existing vehicle registration and licensing regulation, ensuring it operates as though earlier legislative amendments had already been in place when that regulation was originally made.

• Regulation 12(1) of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971 continues in force until it is formally revoked.
• The regulation is to be read as if amendments made by the Finance Act 1987 to section 23 of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 had already been in effect when the 1971 Regulations were originally made.
• This is a transitional saving provision that prevents a technical gap arising from the sequencing of legislative changes.
• In practice, this ensures that the existing registration and licensing regulation remains legally valid and operates on a consistent statutory basis despite the complex history of amendments behind it.