Regulation 4 Service of removal noticeI1
England, Wales and Scotland
The authority shall, as soon as they are able after the vehicle has been taken into their custody, take such steps as are practicable to serve a removal notice on the person from whom the vehicle was seized, except where the vehicle has been removed from their custody under regulation 5 below.
A removal notice required to be served under this regulation or under regulation 6(3) below shall comply with, and shall be served in accordance with, the following provisions of this regulation.
The removal notice shall, in respect of the vehicle to which it relates, contain the specified information and shall state:
the place where the vehicle was seized;
the place where it is now being kept;
that the person to whom the notice is directed is required to claim the vehicle from the authority on or before the date specified in the notice, being a date not less than F121 days 7 days from the day when the notice is served on him;
that unless the vehicle is claimed on or before that date the authority intend to destroy or dispose of it;
that charges are payable under these Regulations by the person from whom the vehicle was seized in respect of the removal and retention of the vehicle, and that the vehicle may be retained until such charges are paid.
The removal notice shall be served —
by delivering it to the person to whom it is directed;
by leaving it at his usual or last known place of abode;
by sending it in a prepaid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to him at his usual or last known place of abode; F2...
by sending it to the email address; or
if the person is —
a body corporate, by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the body at its registered or principal office, or sending it in a prepaid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to the secretary or clerk of the body at that office F4, or by sending it to the email address;
a Scottish partnership, by delivering it to any member of, or manager employed by, the partnership at the usual place of business of the partnership, or sending it in a prepaid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to such a person at that place.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 4(3)(c) substituted (E.W.) (22.7.2026) by The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Motor Vehicles Timeframes (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/704), regs. 1(2), 11
- F2
Word in reg. 4(4)(c) omitted (6.4.2023) by virtue of The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/331), regs. 1(2), 4(a) (with reg. 1(2))
- F3
Reg. 4(4)(cc) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/331), regs. 1(2), 4(b) (with reg. 1(2))
- F4
Words in reg. 4(4)(d)(i) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/331), regs. 1(2), 4(c) (with reg. 1(2))
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 4 in force at 10.4.1995, see reg. 1