{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-insurance-requirements-immobilisation-removal-and-disposal-regulations-2011/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-insurance-requirements-immobilisation-removal-and-disposal-regulations-2011/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1120",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Insurance Requirements) (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-insurance-requirements-immobilisation-removal-and-disposal-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Disposal of removed vehicles",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the custodian of a vehicle delivered in accordance with regulation 9(3) may dispose of it by selling it or dealing with it as scrap, as the custodian thinks fit.\n(2) Where the owner of a vehicle has disclaimed all rights of ownership of that vehicle, it may be disposed of pursuant to this regulation at any time.\n(3) In a case not falling within paragraph (2), a vehicle must not be disposed of pursuant to this regulation before—\n(a) the end of a period, beginning with the date on which the vehicle was removed in accordance with regulation 9(3), of either—\n(i) in the case of a vehicle of no economic value, seven days, or\n(ii) in any other case, fourteen days;\n(b) the custodian has, for the purpose of ascertaining the owner of the vehicle, taken such of the steps specified in Schedule 2 as are applicable to the vehicle; and\n(c) either—\n(i) the custodian has failed to ascertain the name and address of the owner; or\n(ii) the owner has failed to comply with a notice in accordance with paragraph (4) served on the owner by first class post.\n(4) A notice under paragraph (3)(c)(ii) must be a notice addressed to the owner which—\n(a) states—\n(i) the registration mark and make of the vehicle;\n(ii) the place where the vehicle was found before it was immobilised;\n(iii) the place to which the vehicle has been removed;\n(iv) the steps to be taken to obtain possession of the vehicle in accordance with regulation 12; and\n(v) that unless the vehicle is removed by the owner on or before the date specified under sub-paragraph (b), the custodian intends to dispose of it; and\n(b) requires the owner to remove the vehicle from the custody of the custodian—\n(i) in the case of a vehicle which is of no economic value, within three days of the date on which the notice is served; or\n(ii) in any other case, within seven days of that date.\n(5) Where it appears to the custodian of a vehicle that more than one person is the owner—\n(a) the notice under paragraph (3)(c)(ii) must be sent to all persons appearing to be the owner of the vehicle; and\n(b) the vehicle may not be disposed of in accordance with paragraph (2) unless all persons appearing to be owners have disclaimed all rights of ownership.\n(6) For the purposes of this regulation, a vehicle is of no economic value if the custodian is satisfied that the total prescribed charges for the removal of the vehicle and its storage for seven days exceed the resale or scrap value of the vehicle.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 10(5) substituted (30.6.2015) by The Motor Vehicles (Insurance Requirements) (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/854), regs. 1, 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in force at 16.5.2011, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1120/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:08:52.539626+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."
}