{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-waste-dealing-with-seized-property-england-and-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-waste-dealing-with-seized-property-england-and-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/426",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Waste (Dealing with Seized Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-waste-dealing-with-seized-property-england-and-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Ascertainment of entitled person",
  "text": "(1) Where the seized property is a vehicle, a seizure authority must, on the date of seizure or the first working day after that date—\n(a) request information as to the registered keeper of the vehicle—\n(i) where there is a Great Britain or Northern Ireland registration mark, from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency;\n(ii) where there is a foreign registration mark, from the relevant authority in the country of registration; and\n(b) take reasonable steps to identify whether the vehicle is subject to a hire-purchase agreement and, if so, to identify the person entitled to possession of the vehicle under that agreement.\n(2) In this regulation, “hire-purchase agreement” has the meaning given in section 189(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (definitions).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 6.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/426/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:45:44.602702+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}