Removal of, or interference with, an immobilisation notice or device
6.—(1) An immobilisation notice shall not be removed or interfered with except by or on the authority of an authorised person.
(2) A vehicle to which an immobilisation device has been fixed in accordance with regulation 5(2) may be released from the immobilisation device only by or under the direction of an authorised person.
(3) A person contravening paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(4) A person who removes or attempts to remove, otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (2), an immobilisation device fixed to a vehicle in accordance with regulation 5(2), is guilty of an offence.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.