{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-control-of-goods-regulations-2013/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-control-of-goods-regulations-2013/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1894",
  "legislation_title": "The Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-control-of-goods-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Circumstances in which the enforcement agent may not take control of goods: highways",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in relation to relevant goods which the enforcement officer finds on a highway (see paragraph 13(1)(b) of Schedule 12).\n(2) In this regulation—\n(a) “relevant goods” means—\n(i) animals or livestock; or\n(ii) any goods which the enforcement agent believes to be or to include—\n(aa) hazardous goods or materials; or\n(bb) perishable goods or materials;\n(b) “hazardous goods or materials” includes—\n(i) nuclear matter;\n(ii) radioactive waste; and\n(iii) any other article or substance that has been and remains contaminated (whether radioactively or chemically); and\n(c) “livestock” includes cattle, sheep, pigs, horses and poultry.\n(3) The enforcement agent may not take control of any relevant goods if—\n(a) to do so would pose a risk to public health; and\n(b) the enforcement agent is or ought to be aware of that risk.\n(4) Where paragraph (1) applies the enforcement agent may not take control of a debtor's vehicle in which such goods are contained.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1894/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:46:18.864968+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."
}