The Goods Vehicles (Enforcement Powers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Disposal of vehicles

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14.—(1) If—

(a)no application for the return of a vehicle is made in accordance with regulation 9; or

(b)such an application is made but the Department, or the Upper Tribunal in the event of an appeal under regulation 12, determines that none of the grounds specified in regulation 4(3) is made out,

the authorised person may sell or destroy the vehicle.

(2) After disposing of a vehicle under paragraph (1), the authorised person shall serve notice of the disposal on the following persons—

(a)the owner of the vehicle;

(b)the Chief Constable;

(c)the Driver and Vehicle Agency;

(d)the Association of British Insurers; and

(e)the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association where the vehicle was hired from a vehicle-hire firm under a hiring agreement.