INCREASE OF THE NUMBER OF MOTORING MUSEUMS: IS THERE A NEED FOR A NEW DEFINITION OF A HISTORIC VEHICLE?

Abstract

The increase in number of museums not having legal personality and amassing motoring collections has inspired a review of the legal regulations related to historic vehicles, enriched with statistical data on the number of museums in Poland, and published in the Bulletin of Public Information of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2018–2020. The analysis of the statistical data became the foundations for theoretical and legal considerations on the definition of a historic vehicle, and of the classic vehicle. The whole analysis ends with the de lege lata and the de lege ferenda conclusions aiming to present legislative suggestions that a rational legislator should introduce in order to increase effectiveness of the regulations.