[embee]

...but

144B
Exceptions to section 144A offence
(1) Blah

(2) "

(3) "

(5) "
The fourth condition is that— (a)
the registered keeper is at the relevant time the person keeping the vehicle,

(b)
at the relevant time the vehicle is not used on a road or other public place, and

(c)
the registered keeper has by the relevant time complied with any requirements under subsection (7)(a) below that he is required to have complied with by the relevant or any earlier time.

So presumably 144A and the exception 144B-5(b) are re-written/amended to enable powers that be to right royally shaft us all at will.
Jeez I hate all that gobbly-de-gook, I've probably completely mis-understood it.