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Road Transport (General) Regulation 2000
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5 Responsible people for vehicle
(1) If 2 or more people are responsible people for a vehicle—
(a) any right or liability given to or imposed on the responsible
person for the vehicle under the relevant legislation is taken to
be given to or imposed on each of them; and
(b) each of them is taken to have complied with an obligation
imposed under the relevant legislation if either of them (whether
personally or through an agent) complies with the obligation;
and
(c) the road transport authority, or the administering authority for
an infringement notice offence, is taken to have complied with
an obligation under the relevant legislation to give notice to the
responsible person for the vehicle if the authority gives notice—
(i) if the address for service recorded in a record or register
under the road transport legislation is the same for each
responsible person—to at least 1 of them; or
(ii) if the address for service is different for 2 or more of the
responsible people—to each of them.
relevant legislation means—
(a) a provision of the road transport legislation; or
(b) a provision of any other Act (or a provision of a regulation made
under any other Act) concerned with the responsible person for
a vehicle within the meaning of the Road Transport (General)
Act 1999.