{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-northern-ireland-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-northern-ireland-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2010/2",
  "legislation_title": "Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Regulations may make provision for an authorised person to direct that any property detained by virtue of paragraph 1 be removed and delivered into the custody of a person specified in the direction.\n(2) Regulations may provide that a direction under sub-paragraph (1) may only specify a person—\n(a) who is identified in accordance with prescribed rules, and\n(b) who has made arrangements with the Department and has agreed to accept delivery of the property in accordance with those arrangements;\nand the arrangements may include the payment of a sum to a person into whose custody any property is delivered.\n(3) Regulations may also provide that, where an authorised person has given a direction by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) in respect of a goods vehicle, the authorised person may allow the driver of the vehicle to deliver its contents to their destination or some other suitable place before delivering the vehicle into the custody of the person specified in the direction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5 in operation at 22.6.2012 for specified purposes by S.R. 2012/247, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5 in operation at 1.7.2012 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2012/262, art. 2 (with arts. 4-6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2010/2/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:12.074964+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."
}