PART 2Public Health and the Environment

Abandoned and nuisance vehicles

27Removal of abandoned and nuisance vehicles

1

Section 3(2) (requirement to give notice to occupier) of the 1978 Act does not apply where the vehicle is abandoned on any relevant land in Greater London.

2

This section is without prejudice to section 3(2A) of the 1978 Act (no requirement to give notice to occupier in the case of vehicle abandoned on a road).

3

In this section, “relevant land” means land to which the public has access, and does not include any—

a

land within the curtilage of a dwelling;

b

driveway giving access to a dwelling;

c

fuel or field garden allotment within the meaning of section 19 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67).