{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-retention-and-disposal-of-vehicles-regulations-1995/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-retention-and-disposal-of-vehicles-regulations-1995/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/723",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Retention and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-retention-and-disposal-of-vehicles-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Retention and safe keeping of vehicles",
  "text": "(1) After a vehicle has been seized and removed under section 62(1) or 64(4) of the 1994 Act, it shall be passed into and remain in the custody of a police officer or other person authorised under this regulation by the chief officer of the police force for the area in which the vehicle was seized (“the authority”) until —\n(a) the authority permit it to be removed from their custody by a person appearing to them to be the person from whom the vehicle was seized or the owner of the vehicle; or\n(b) it has been disposed of or destroyed under these Regulations.\n(2) While the vehicle is in the custody of the authority, they shall be under a duty to take such steps as are reasonably necessary for its safe keeping.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 10.4.1995, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/723/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:13:14.976509+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."
}