Article 20 Removal of vehicles, etc.

If a vehicle or boat is left without the permission of the Council—

the Council may, at the risk of the owner, remove the vehicle or boat or cause it to be removed.

In exercising its powers under paragraph (1) the Council shall be under a duty to act reasonably and to take reasonable care in removing the vehicle or boat concerned.

Any notice erected under paragraph (1)(b) shall be conspicuously posted in or close to the place to which it relates.

Where the Council in exercise of the powers of this article remove a vehicle or boat or cause it to be removed they shall as soon as practicable inform the police.

The expense of and incidental to the removal of a vehicle or boat under this article shall be recoverable from any person responsible.

For the purposes of paragraph (5) “person responsible” means—

If the Council in exercise of the powers of this article remove a vehicle to a place not readily visible from the place from which it is so removed they shall, if and as soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so, send to the person for the time being registered as the owner of the vehicle for the purposes of Regulations made under section 105 of the Road Traffic Act 1988^f1 or any other regulations having the like effect for the time being in force, at his last known address, his registered address or the address where the vehicle is ordinarily kept, notice that they have exercised the powers of this article and of the place to which the vehicle has been removed.

A notice stating the general effect of paragraph (1) shall be displayed in a prominent position at each place where a road accessible to vehicles enters any part of the harbour.