Article 3 Amendments to Schedule 2

After paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act insert—

“Restriction and removal of vehicles

3A

(1)

This paragraph applies (subject to the following provisions of this paragraph) to–

(a)

the moving of a vehicle by any means; and

(b)

the restriction of the movement of a vehicle by any means.

(2)

This paragraph applies only to activities carried out for the purpose of preventing or inhibiting the removal of a vehicle by a person otherwise entitled to remove it.

(3)

This paragraph applies only in circumstances in which it is proposed to impose a charge for the release of the vehicle.

(4)

This paragraph does not apply to any activities carried out in relation to a vehicle while it is on a road within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

(5)

This paragraph does not apply to restricting the movement of a vehicle by a fixed barrier which was present when that vehicle was parked and which is reasonably understood to be for the purpose of ensuring payment which has been accepted as a condition of parking.”