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Paragraph 4 F1F2

(1)

Regulations may provide that an authorised person may, before a goods vehicle is removed by virtue of paragraph 6—

(a)

fix an immobilisation device to the vehicle in the place where the vehicle has been detained, or

(b)

move the vehicle, or require it to be moved, to a more convenient place and fix an immobilisation device to the vehicle in that other place.

(2)

Regulations may also provide—

(a)

that, on any occasion when an immobilisation device is fixed to a vehicle, the person fixing the device shall also fix to the vehicle a notice indicating that the device has been fixed to the vehicle and warning that no attempt should be made to drive it or otherwise put it in motion and giving such other information as may be prescribed,

(b)

that a vehicle to which an immobilisation device has been fixed may only be released from the device by or under the direction of an authorised person, and

(c)

that an immobilisation notice shall not be removed or interfered with except by or on the authority of an authorised person.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1A inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 262(2), Sch. 30; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I

F2

Sch. 1A inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38 , s. 262(2) , Sch. 30 ; S.I. 2001/57 , art. 3 Sch. 2 Pt. I

Notes on Immobilisation and removal

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1A inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 262(2), Sch. 30; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I