{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-enforcement-powers-regulations-2009/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-enforcement-powers-regulations-2009/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1964",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Enforcement Powers) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-enforcement-powers-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Immobilisation of vehicle",
  "text": "(1) Where a vehicle has been detained by virtue of regulation 3 the authorised person may—\n(a) fix an immobilisation device to the vehicle in the place where the vehicle has been detained; or\n(b) move the vehicle, or require it to be moved, to a more convenient place and fix an immobilisation device to the vehicle in that other place.\n(2) A vehicle to which an immobilisation device has been fixed in accordance with paragraph (1) may be released from the device only by or on the direction of an authorised person.\n(3) Where an immobilisation device has been fixed to a vehicle in accordance with this regulation, the authorised person fixing the device must also fix to the vehicle an immobilisation notice—\n(a) indicating that an immobilisation device has been fixed to the vehicle;\n(b) indicating that the vehicle may be released from the device only by or under the direction of an authorised person;\n(c) providing details as to where the authorised person may be contacted, and information about the procedure under which an application may be made for the release of the vehicle from the device;\n(d) warning that the notice must not be removed or interfered with except by or on the authority of an authorised person; and\n(e) warning that no attempt must be made to drive the vehicle or otherwise put it in motion.\n(4) An immobilisation notice fixed to a vehicle in accordance with paragraph (3) must not be removed or interfered with except by or on the authority of an authorised person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1964/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:08:16.258058+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."
}