Commentary on Sections
12.Section 1 amends section 26 of VERA, which sets out the Secretary of State’s power to make regulations about the retention of vehicle registration marks pending their transfer.
13.Subsection (1) substitutes new subsections (1) and (1A) for the existing subsection (1). Under the new subsections, the power to make regulations providing for the granting of a right of retention in respect of a vehicle’s registered mark is extended so that, at the request of the registered keeper of the vehicle, the right of retention may be granted to someone other than the registered keeper.
14.Subsections (2) and (3) make consequential amendments to section 26 and to the definition of “right of retention” in section 62(1) respectively.