12(1)Paragraph 27 (removal or immobilisation of motor vehicles) shall be renumbered as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph and amended as follows.E+W
(2)After paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)the fixing of immobilisation notices to motor vehicles to which an immobilisation device has been fitted;”.
(3)Insert at the end “; and
(e)the sale or destruction of motor vehicles not released.
(2)A person who removes or interferes with an immobilisation notice in contravention of provision made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above is guilty of an offence.
(3)A person who removes or attempts to remove an immobilisation device fixed to a motor vehicle in accordance with provision made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above in contravention of such provision is guilty of an offence.
(4)A person who intentionally obstructs a person exercising any power conferred on him by provision made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above is guilty of an offence.
(5)A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (2) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(6)A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) or (4) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 para. 12 partly in force; Sch. 13 para. 12 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1); Sch. 13 para. 12 in force (E.) at 1.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I (subject to savings in Sch. 3 Pt. II)