{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/section-62C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/section-62C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994",
  "path": "section/62C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "62C",
  "heading": "Failure to comply with direction under section 62A: seizure",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if a direction has been given under section 62A(1) and a constable reasonably suspects that a person to whom the direction applies has, without reasonable excuse—\n(a) failed to remove any vehicle on the relevant land which appears to the constable to belong to him or to be in his possession or under his control; or\n(b) entered any land in the area of the relevant local authority as a trespasser with a vehicle before the end of the relevant period with the intention of residing there.\n(2) The relevant period is the period of three months starting with the day on which the direction is given.\n(3) The constable may seize and remove the vehicle.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 62C inserted (E.W.) (27.2.2004) by Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38), ss. 62(1), 93; S.I. 2003/3300, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 62C(2) substituted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 168(6), 255(3)(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/section/62C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:43.965785+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."
}