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Section 11

SCHEDULE 4E+W+SProhibition on driving: immobilisation, removal and disposal of vehicles

This schedule has no associated Explanatory Notes

Cases to which regulations may applyE+W+S

1E+W+SThe Secretary of State may make regulations with respect to any case where, on or after such date as may be prescribed, the driving of a vehicle has been prohibited under—

(a)section 99A(1) of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73) (powers to prohibit driving of vehicles in connection with contravention of provisions about drivers' hours),

(b)section 1 of the Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 (c. 27) (powers to prohibit driving of foreign goods vehicles and foreign public service vehicles),

(c)section 69 or 70 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (powers to prohibit driving of unfit or overloaded vehicles), or

(d)section 90D of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53) (power to prohibit driving of vehicle on failure to make payment in compliance with financial penalty deposit requirement).

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 1 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

ImmobilisationE+W+S

2(1)The regulations may provide that an authorised person or a person acting under his direction may—E+W+S

(a)fix an immobilisation device to the vehicle, and

(b)move the vehicle, or direct it to be moved, for the purpose of enabling an immobilisation device to be fitted it.

(2)The regulations may provide that on any occasion when an immobilisation device is fixed to a vehicle in accordance with the regulations the person fixing the device must also fix to the vehicle a notice—

(a)indicating that the device has been fixed to the vehicle and warning that no attempt should be made to drive it or otherwise put it in motion until it has been released from the device,

(b)specifying the steps to be taken to secure its release, and

(c)giving such other information as may be prescribed.

(3)The regulations may provide that a vehicle to which an immobilisation device has been fixed in accordance with the regulations—

(a)may only be released from the device by or under the direction of an authorised person, but

(b)subject to that, must be released from the device if the first and second requirements specified below are met.

(4)The first requirement is that such charge in respect of the release as may be prescribed is paid in any manner specified in the immobilisation notice.

(5)The second requirement is that, in accordance with instructions specified in the immobilisation notice, there is produced such evidence as may be prescribed establishing that the prohibition has been removed.

(6)The regulations may provide that they do not apply in relation to a vehicle if—

(a)a current disabled person's badge is displayed on the vehicle, or

(b)such other conditions as may be prescribed are fulfilled,

and “disabled person's badge” means a badge issued, or having effect as if issued, under any regulations for the time being in force under section 21 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44).

(7)The regulations may provide that an immobilisation notice is not to be removed or interfered with except by or on the authority of a person falling within a prescribed description.

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 4 para. 2 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

Offences connected with immobilisation etc.E+W+S

3(1)The regulations may provide that a person who fails to comply within a reasonable time with a direction under provision made under paragraph 2(1)(b) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.E+W+S

(2)The regulations may provide that a person contravening provision made under paragraph 2(7) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

(3)The regulations may provide that a person who, without being authorised to do so in accordance with provision made under paragraph 2, removes or attempts to remove an immobilisation device fixed to a vehicle in accordance with the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(4)The regulations may provide that where they would otherwise have applied in relation to a vehicle but for provision made under paragraph 2(6)(a) and the vehicle was not, at the time at which they would otherwise have applied, being used—

(a)in accordance with regulations under section 21 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44), and

(b)in circumstances falling within section 117(1)(b) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) (use where a disabled person's concession would be available),

the person in charge of the vehicle at that time is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(5)The regulations may provide that where—

(a)a person makes a declaration with a view to securing the release of a vehicle from an immobilisation device purported to have been fixed in accordance with the regulations,

(b)the declaration is that the prohibition has been removed, and

(c)the declaration is to the person's knowledge either false or in any material respect misleading,

he is guilty of an offence.

(6)The regulations may provide that a person guilty of an offence for which provision is made under sub-paragraph (5) is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or both.

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 4 para. 3 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

Removal and disposal of vehiclesE+W+S

4(1)The regulations may provide that where such conditions as may be prescribed are fulfilled an authorised person, or a person acting under his direction, may remove the vehicle or direct it to be removed.E+W+S

(2)The regulations may provide that where such conditions as may be prescribed are fulfilled an authorised person, or a person acting under his direction, may deliver the vehicle, or direct it to be delivered, into the custody of a person—

(a)who is identified in accordance with prescribed rules, and

(b)who agrees to accept delivery in accordance with arrangements agreed between that person and the Secretary of State,

and the arrangements may include provision as to the payment of a sum to the person into whose custody the vehicle is delivered.

(3)The regulations may make provision for such persons as may be prescribed to be informed that a vehicle has been removed and delivered into a person's custody and may, in particular, include provision requiring—

(a)the publication by an authorised person of such notices as may be prescribed, and

(b)the giving of notice by an authorised person to such persons as may be prescribed.

(4)The regulations may provide that the person into whose custody the vehicle is delivered may dispose of it, and may in particular make provision as to—

(a)the time at which the vehicle may be disposed of, and

(b)the manner in which it may be disposed of.

(5)The regulations may make provision allowing a person to take possession of the vehicle if—

(a)he claims it before it is disposed of, and

(b)any prescribed conditions are fulfilled.

(6)The regulations may provide for a sum of an amount arrived at under prescribed rules to be paid to a person if—

(a)he claims after the vehicle's disposal to be or to have been its owner or to have been the person in charge of the vehicle when it was removed,

(b)the claim is made within a prescribed time of the disposal, and

(c)any other prescribed conditions are fulfilled.

(7)The regulations may provide that (whether or not a claim is made under provision made under sub-paragraph (5) or (6))—

(a)the Secretary of State, or

(b)a person into whose custody the vehicle is delivered under the regulations,

may recover from the vehicle's owner or the person in charge of the vehicle such charges as may be prescribed in respect of all or any of its release, removal, custody and disposal.

(8)In sub-paragraph (7) “person in charge” and “owner”, in relation to a vehicle, means the person who was in charge of the vehicle or was the vehicle's owner when it was removed.

(9)The conditions prescribed under sub-paragraph (5) may include conditions as to—

(a)satisfying the person with custody that the claimant is the vehicle's owner or was the person in charge of the vehicle when it was removed,

(b)the payment of prescribed charges in respect of the vehicle's release, removal and custody, and

(c)the production of such evidence as may be prescribed establishing that the prohibition has been removed.

(10)The regulations may in particular include provision for purposes corresponding to those of sections 101 and 102 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) (disposal and charges) subject to such additions, omissions or other modifications as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 4 para. 4 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

Offences as to securing possession of vehiclesE+W+S

5(1)The regulations may provide that a person who fails to comply within a reasonable time with a direction under provision made under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) of paragraph 4 is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.E+W+S

(2)The regulations may provide that where—

(a)a person makes a declaration with a view to securing possession of a vehicle purported to have been delivered into the custody of a person in accordance with provision made under paragraph 4,

(b)the declaration is that the prohibition has been removed, and

(c)the declaration is to the person's knowledge either false or in any material respect misleading,

he is guilty of an offence.

(3)The regulations may provide that a person guilty of an offence for which provision is made under sub-paragraph (2) is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or both.

Commencement Information

I5Sch. 4 para. 5 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

DisputesE+W+S

6E+W+SThe regulations may make provision about the proceedings to be followed where a dispute occurs as a result of the regulations, and may in particular make provision—

(a)for an application to be made to a magistrates' court or (in Scotland) to the sheriff, or

(b)for a court to order a sum to be paid by the Secretary of State.

Commencement Information

I6Sch. 4 para. 6 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

Authorised personsE+W+S

7E+W+SAs regards anything falling to be done under the regulations (such as receiving payment of a charge or other sum) the regulations may provide that it may be done—

(a)by an authorised person, or

(b)by an authorised person or a person acting under his direction.

Commencement Information

I7Sch. 4 para. 7 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

Application of Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)E+W+S

8E+W+SThe regulations may make provision for the application of any or all of sections 1, 6, 11 and 12(1) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 to an offence for which provision is made by the regulations.

Commencement Information

I8Sch. 4 para. 8 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

InterpretationE+W+S

9E+W+SReferences in this Schedule to a vehicle include references to any trailer drawn by the vehicle.

Commencement Information

I9Sch. 4 para. 9 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

10(1)This paragraph makes provision about the meaning of “authorised person” for the purposes of this Schedule.E+W+S

(2)Where the driving of the vehicle has been prohibited under section 99A(1) of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), section 1(2) of the Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 (c. 27) or section 69 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52), “authorised person” means—

(a)an examiner appointed by the Secretary of State under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988, or

(b)a constable authorised by or on behalf of a chief officer of police to act for the purposes of the provision under which the driving of the vehicle has been prohibited.

(3)Where the driving of the vehicle has been prohibited under section 1(3) of the Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 (c. 27), “authorised person” means a person authorised to exercise the powers of section 78 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) with respect to the weighing of motor vehicles and trailers.

(4)Where the driving of the vehicle has been prohibited under section 70 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, “authorised person” means a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) or a person authorised with the consent of the Secretary of State to act for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section by—

(a)a highway authority other than the Secretary of State, or

(b)a local roads authority in Scotland.

(5)Where the driving of the vehicle has been prohibited under section 90D of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53), “authorised person” means—

(a)an examiner appointed by the Secretary of State under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988, or

(b)a constable.

Commencement Information

I10Sch. 4 para. 10 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

11E+W+SIn this Schedule—

(a)references to an immobilisation device are to a device or appliance which is an immobilisation device for the purposes of section 104 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) (immobilisation of vehicles illegally parked), and

(b)references to an immobilisation notice are to a notice fixed to a vehicle in accordance with the regulations.

Commencement Information

I11Sch. 4 para. 11 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

12E+W+SIn this Schedule “prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations.

Commencement Information

I12Sch. 4 para. 12 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

13(1)The regulations may make provision as to the meaning for the purposes of the regulations of “owner” as regards a vehicle.E+W+S

(2)In particular, the regulations may provide that for the purposes of the regulations the owner of a vehicle is taken to be the person in whose name it is then registered under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22).

Commencement Information

I13Sch. 4 para. 13 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

Supplementary provisions about regulationsE+W+S

14(1)The power to make regulations under this Schedule is exercisable by statutory instrument.E+W+S

(2)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this Schedule is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Commencement Information

I14Sch. 4 para. 14 in force at 5.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(b)

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