{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-retention-and-disposal-of-motor-vehicles-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-retention-and-disposal-of-motor-vehicles-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2096",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Retention and Disposal of Motor Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-retention-and-disposal-of-motor-vehicles-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Police (Retention and Disposal of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2002",
  "text": "In regulation 2 the following definitions are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical place—\n““laden” means that the vehicle is carrying a load;\n“load” means anything other than—\n(a) the body and all parts of the vehicle which are necessary to or ordinarily used with the vehicle when working on a road;\n(b) any water, fuel or accumulators used for the purpose of the supply of power for the propulsion of the vehicle;\n(c) the driver, any passengers and their personal effects;\n(d) a crane, works truck as defined in regulation 3(2) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, or other special appliance or apparatus which is a permanent or essentially permanent fixture of the vehicle; and\n(e) any containers or other equipment intended or adapted for the purpose of holding or carrying a load by the vehicle;\n“MAM” means maximum authorised mass as defined in regulation 3(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 ;\n“off road” means that no part of the vehicle is in contact with the road;\n“on road” means that any part of the vehicle is in contact with the road;\n“road” means any length of highway or of any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;\n“substantially damaged” means such damage to a vehicle that in the reasonable opinion of a constable it cannot be driven safely on the road;\n“two wheeled vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle constructed or adapted to have two wheels or less and the MAM of which does not exceed 3.5 tonnes;\n“unladen” means that the vehicle is not carrying a load;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1078, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2864, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2096/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:25:57.699778+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."
}