Part II Traffic In London

Parking in London

68 Charges for removal, storage and disposal of vehicles.

(1)

Section 102 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

in paragraphs (b) and (c) after the words “local authority” there shall be inserted the words “ other than a London authority ”; and

(b)

after paragraph (c) there shall be added—

“and

(d)

a London authority shall be entitled to recover from any person responsible, such charges in respect of the removal, storage and disposal of a vehicle removed from a parking place designated under section 6, 9 or 45 of this Act or otherwise provided or controlled by that authority as they may require.”

(3)

In subsection (8)—

(a)

in the definition of “appropriate authority”, for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—

“(b)

in relation to a vehicle removed (by a person other than a constable or person acting in aid of a police force) from a place outside Greater London, which is a parking place provided or controlled by a local authority, or from a place (not being a parking place) on a road or land in the open air, means the local authority in whose area that place is,”;

(b)

in that definition, the words following paragraph (b) shall be omitted; and

(c)

at the end of that subsection there shall be added—“and

“London authority” means any council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London.”

(4)

The following subsection shall be added at the end—

“(9)

For the purposes of—

(a)

subsection (2)(d) above, and

(b)

paragraph (b) in the definition of “appropriate authority” in subsection (8) above,

a parking place provided under a letting or arrangements made by a local authority in pursuance of section 33(4) of this Act shall be treated as provided by that authority.”