{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-enforcement-powers-regulations-2001/regulation-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3981",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Enforcement Powers) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-enforcement-powers-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Disposal of contents",
  "text": "(1) Where the condition of the contents of a vehicle requires them to be disposed of without delay they may be disposed of without the authorised person complying with the requirements of regulation 9.\n(2) Where the contents of a vehicle are not disposed of in accordance with paragraph (1) and either—\n(a) one or more persons has given notice of a claim in respect of them in accordance with regulation 16(2) but no person establishes his entitlement to them in accordance with regulation 16; or\n(b) no notice of a claim has been given in respect of them in accordance with regulation 16(2),\nthe authorised person may sell or destroy those contents as he thinks fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3981/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:18:53.811479+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."
}