# The Vehicles (Charges for Release from Immobilisation Devices) Regulations 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 104 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 empowers a constable to fix an immobilisation device to an illegally parked vehicle and provides for a charge to be prescribed for the release of a vehicle from a device which has been affixed to it in accordance with the section. By virtue of the Vehicles (Charges for Release from Immobilisation Devices) Regulations (S.I. 1985/1660) the prescribed charge is £25. These Regulations revoke the 1985 Regulations and prescribe a new charge of £30.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/745/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/vehicles-charges-for-release-from-immobilisation-devices-regulations-1989/note
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