# The Goods Vehicles (Enforcement Powers) Regulations 2001, Regulation 3: Detention of property


(1) Where an authorised person has reason to believe that a vehicle is being, or has been, used on a road in contravention of section 2 of the 1995 Act, he may detain the vehicle and its contents.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not authorise a person other than a constable in uniform to stop a vehicle on any road.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3981/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-enforcement-powers-regulations-2001/regulation-3
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