Part III Road user charging and workplace parking levy
Chapter I Road user charging
Enforcement of charging schemes
I1C1175 Immobilisation etc.
1
The appropriate national authority may by regulations make provision enabling or requiring charging schemes under this Part to make provision for or in connection with—
a
the fitting of immobilisation devices to motor vehicles,
b
the fixing of immobilisation notices to motor vehicles to which an immobilisation device has been fitted,
c
the removal and storage of motor vehicles,
d
the release of motor vehicles from immobilisation devices or from storage,
e
the satisfaction of conditions before the release of a motor vehicle, and
f
the sale or destruction of motor vehicles not released.
2
A person commits an offence if he removes or interferes with an immobilisation notice fixed to a motor vehicle in accordance with provision included in a charging scheme under this Part by virtue of subsection (1) in contravention of such provision.
3
A person commits an offence if he removes or attempts to remove an immobilisation device fitted to a motor vehicle in accordance with provision included in a charging scheme under this Part by virtue of subsection (1) in contravention of such provision.
4
A person commits an offence if he intentionally obstructs a person exercising any power conferred on him by provision included in a charging scheme under this Part by virtue of subsection (1).
5
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
6
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) or (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
7
In this section “immobilisation device” has the same meaning as in section 104 of the M1Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
8
A charging scheme under this Part may not authorise or require the fitting of an immobilisation device to, or the removal of, a motor vehicle unless it is on a road.