# The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986, Regulation 4: Power of constable to remove vehicles


Except as provided by regulation 7 of these Regulations, where a vehicle—
(a) is a vehicle to which regulation 3 of these Regulations applies, or
(b) having broken down on a road or on any land in the open air, appears to a constable to have been abandoned without lawful authority, or
(c) has been permitted to remain at rest on a road or on any land in the open air in such a position or in such condition or in such circumstances as to appear to a constable to have been abandoned without lawful authority,
then, subject to the provisions of sections 99 and 100 of the 1984 Act, a constable may remove or arrange for the removal of the vehicle, and, in the case of a vehicle which is on a road, he may remove it or arrange for its removal from that road to a place which is not on that or any other road, or may move it or arrange for its removal to another position on that or another road.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/183/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/removal-and-disposal-of-vehicles-regulations-1986/regulation-4
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