# The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986, Note: Explanatory note


(This Note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations make provision for the removal and disposal of vehicles under sections 3 and 4 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978, and under sections 99 and 101 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
Regulation 3 empowers a constable to require the removal of a vehicle which has broken down or been parked in a road obstructively or dangerously, or contrary to any statutory prohibition contained in or having effect under any enactment specified in Schedule 1.
Regulation 4 empowers a constable to remove a vehicle which he could require to be removed, or which has been abandoned on a road or on land in the open air.
Regulation 5 empowers a local authority to remove a vehicle from a road or land in the open au in a case in which they have no duty to remove it under section 3 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978.
Regulation 8 and Schedule 2 prescribe the manner of giving notice to an occupier of land before a vehicle is removed therefrom, and regulation 9 prescribes the manner in and period during which the occupier may object.
Regulation 10 prescribes 7 days as the period before which a notice must be affixed in certain cases to a vehicle which is fit only for destruction before an authority may remove it.
Regulations 12 to 14 prescribe the procedure for finding the owner of an abandoned vehicle (other than a vehicle which is fit only for destruction) before it is disposed of.
Regulation 15 prescribes the information which must be given about the disposal of a vehicle and to whom it must be given.
Charges for the removal, storage and disposal of vehicles are prescribed in the Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Charges) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/1661).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/183/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/removal-and-disposal-of-vehicles-regulations-1986/note
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