Vehicle and Traffic (Transitional and Consequential) Act 1999
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3 Interpretation
(1) In this Part –
commencement day means the day on which the provision in which the expression is used commences;
former Motor Vehicles Taxation Act provisions means the provisions of the repealed Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1981 and of the regulations under that Act;
former provisions means the former Motor Vehicles Taxation Act provisions and the former Traffic Act provisions or any of those provisions;
former Traffic Act provisions means the provisions of the Traffic Act 1925 repealed by this Act and of the regulations relating to those provisions;
new Act means the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 .
(2) Words and expressions used in this Part that are defined in the new Act have, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meanings as in the new Act.