Regulation 15 Disposal of vehicles

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 15(1)(b) words substituted by Transfer of Functions (Transport Tribunal and Appeal Panel) 2009 Sch. 2 para. 10
regs 14, 15 am by Goods Vehicles (Enforcement Powers) 2009 regs 11, 12
reg. 15(1)(b) words substituted by Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) 2013 Sch. 2
reg. 15(2)(b) substituted by Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) 2013 Sch. 2

(1)

If—

(a)

no application for the return of a vehicle is made in accordance with regulation 10; or

(b)

such an application is made but the traffic commissioner, or the Transport Tribunal in the event of an appeal under regulation 13, determines that none of the grounds specified in regulation 10(4) is made out,

the authorised person may sell or destroy the vehicle as he thinks fit.

(2)

After disposing of a vehicle under paragraph (1), the authorised person shall serve notice of the disposal on the following persons—

(a)

the owner of the vehicle;

(b)

the traffic commissioner in whose area the vehicle was detained;

(c)

the chief officer of the police force in whose area it was detained;

(d)

the Association of British Insurers; and

(e)

the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association.