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Statutory Instruments
Road Traffic, England
Made
20th November 2008
Laid before Parliament
25th November 2008
Coming into force
17th December 2008
The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 102(2) and 102(2ZA) and 103(3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(1) (“the 1984 Act”).
The Secretary of State has consulted with such representative organisations as were thought fit in accordance with section 134(2) of the 1984 Act.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Prescribed Sums and Charges) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 17th December 2008.
(2) These Regulations apply as respects England only.
2. The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Prescribed Sums and Charges) Regulations 2008(2) (“the 2008 Regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with these Regulations.
3. Regulation 5 of the 2008 Regulations is amended as follows—
(a) for “for the purposes of sections 101A(3), 101A(4) and 102(2)(b)” substitute “for the purposes of sections 101A(3), 101A(4), 102(2)(b) and 102(2ZA)(b)”; and
(b) after the words “or the local authority” insert the words “or the Secretary of State”.
4. Regulation 6(2) of the 2008 Regulations is amended so that after “for the purposes of sections 102(2)(c)” there is inserted “ and 102(2ZA)(c)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Andrew Adonis
Minister of State
Department for Transport
20th November 2008
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Prescribed Sums and Charges) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2095) so that the Secretary of State can recover charges for the storage and disposal of vehicles removed by traffic officers.
1984 c.27. Section 102(2) was amended by the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18), Schedule 11, paragraph 4(1) and 4(2); section 102(2ZA) was inserted by regulation 13 of the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Traffic Officers) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2367), which modifies section 102(2) and enables the Secretary of State to recover charges ascertained by reference to a prescribed scale for storage and disposal of vehicles where a traffic officer has arranged for the removal of a vehicle and delivered it into the custody of the Secretary of State; section 103(3) was substituted by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 4, paragraph 33. There are other amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations. Back [1]
S.I. 2008/2095. Back [2]
The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Prescribed Sums and Charges) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008