# The Goods Vehicles (Enforcement Powers) Regulations 2001, Regulation 7: Release of immobilised vehicles


A vehicle to which an immobilisation device has been fixed in accordance with regulation 5—
(a) may be released on the direction of an authorised person; and
(b) subject to paragraph (a) above, shall be released—
(i) when at the time the vehicle was detained the person using the vehicle held a licence (whether or not authorising the use of the vehicle); or
(ii) when at the time the vehicle was detained the vehicle was not being, and had not been, used in contravention of section 2 of the 1995 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3981/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-enforcement-powers-regulations-2001/regulation-7
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