The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986

UK Statutory Instrument 1986 No. 183 — creates 1 criminal offence.

Made

4 February 1986

In force from

1 April 1986

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Road traffic and vehicles

Made under

Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978, Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Explanatory note

(This Note is not part of the Regulations.) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations make provision for the removal and disposal of vehicles under sections 3 and 4 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978, and under sections 99 and 101 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Regulation 3 empowers a constable to require the removal of a vehicle which has broken down or been parked in a road obstructively or dangerously, or contrary to any statutory prohibition contained in or having effect under any enactment specified in Schedule 1. Regulation 4 empowers a constable to remove a vehicle which he could require to be removed, or which has been abandoned on a road or on land in the open air. Regulation 5 empowers a local authority to remove a vehicle from a road or land in the open au in a case in which they have no duty to remove it under section 3 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978. Regulation 8 and Schedule 2 prescribe the manner of giving notice to an occupier of land before a vehicle is removed therefrom, and regulation 9 prescribes the manner in and period during which the occupier may object. Regulation 10 prescribes 7 days as the period before which a notice must be affixed in certain cases to a vehicle which is fit only for destruction before an authority may remove it. Regulations 12 to 14 prescribe the procedure for finding the owner of an abandoned vehicle (other than a vehicle which is fit only for destruction) before it is disposed of. Regulation 15 prescribes the information which must be given about the disposal of a vehicle and to whom it must be given. Charges for the removal, storage and disposal of vehicles are prescribed in the Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Charges) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/1661).

Offences created by this instrument

• Contravention of The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986 the instrument as a whole · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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• Abandoned Vehicles Commons · Commons Chamber · 5 March 2001 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Beverley Hughes)

  I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Reading, East (Jane Griffiths) on securing the debate and on choosing this topic, which is of concern in many parts of the country. As she says, abandoned vehicles are a major headache for Reading borough council. I understand that since April last year it has had more than 2,000 cases, and is now proposing action. My hon. Friend may be interested to know that while I was preparing for the debate it came to my attention that other hon. Friends are equally concerned and are taking action. Indeed, only last Friday, my hon. Friend the Member for…

• Greater London Road Traffic (Various Provisions) Order 2001 Lords · Lords Chamber · 30 March 2001 · Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

  rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 28th March be approved [10th Report from the Joint Committee]. The noble Baroness said: My Lords, first, I should say that, in my view, the provisions of the Greater London Road Traffic (Various Provisions) Order are compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Parliament has already agreed to provisions to allow Transport for London to operate a decriminalised parking regime on the main traffic routes in London, called GLA roads, in due course. The principal purpose of the draft order before the House is to fill a gap…

• Abandoned Cars Commons · Commons Chamber · 10 May 2004 · Caroline Flint

  The responsibility lies with many agencies, which is why we have given powers to take action to local authorities as well. The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986 give the police the power to remove any vehicle that is in breach of local traffic regulation orders, causes obstruction, is a danger to the public, is broken down or is abandoned. We have brought local authorities into the partnership and they, too, can take action. It is part of the national policing plan to ensure that police understand the issues surrounding antisocial behaviour, including graffiti, abandoned cars…

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