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The Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 1996
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- 1996 No. 107
- PART II
- Regulation 6
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Release of immobilised vehicles
6.—(1) A vehicle to which an immobilisation device has been fixed in accordance with regulation 5—
(a)may be released only by or under the direction of an authorised person; and
(b)subject to sub-paragraph (a) above, shall be released—
(i)where there is produced to an authorised person a vehicle licence for the vehicle which was in force when the vehicle was immobilised; or
(ii)an authorised person is satisfied that the vehicle was immobilised in any of the circumstances specified in regulation 7(2) or that the vehicle was at the time it was immobilised an exempt vehicle; or
(iii)if the first and second requirements specified in paragraphs (2) and (3) are met.
(2) The first requirement is that the prescribed charge for the release of the vehicle from the immobilisation device is paid in any manner specified in the immobilisation notice.
(3) The second requirement is that—
(a)a vehicle licence is produced in accordance with instructions specified in the immobilisation notice and the licence is one which is in force for the vehicle concerned at the time the licence is produced; or
(b)where such a licence is not produced, the prescribed charge for a surety payment is paid in any manner specified in the immobilisation notice.
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