# The Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013, Regulation 11: Circumstances in which the enforcement agent may not take control of goods: highways


(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).
(2) In this regulation—
(a) “relevant goods” means—
(i) animals or livestock; or
(ii) any goods which the enforcement agent believes to be or to include—
(aa) hazardous goods or materials; or
(bb) perishable goods or materials;
(b) “hazardous goods or materials” includes—
(i) nuclear matter;
(ii) radioactive waste; and
(iii) any other article or substance that has been and remains contaminated (whether radioactively or chemically); and
(c) “livestock” includes cattle, sheep, pigs, horses and poultry.
(3) The enforcement agent may not take control of any relevant goods if—
(a) to do so would pose a risk to public health; and
(b) the enforcement agent is or ought to be aware of that risk.
(4) Where paragraph (1) applies the enforcement agent may not take control of a debtor's vehicle in which such goods are contained.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1894/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/taking-control-of-goods-regulations-2013/regulation-11
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