Part II Traffic In London

Parking in London

I1C168 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.