Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

Removal etc of abandoned vehiclesE+W

90Charges for removal, storage and disposal of vehiclesE+W

(1)Section 102 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (charges for removal, storage and disposal of vehicles), as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (2), for the words before paragraph (a) substitute “In any such case (but subject in the case of a local authority to subsection (2A))—”.

(3)For subsection (2A) substitute—

(2A)In the case of a vehicle removed, on any ground mentioned in subsection (1), from an area that is a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions—

(a)subsection (2) does not apply to the recovery of charges by a local authority, but

(b)the enforcement authority is entitled to recover from any person responsible such charges in respect of the removal, storage and disposal of the vehicle as they may require in accordance with Schedule 9 to the Traffic Management Act 2004.

Commencement Information

I1S. 90 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 208(4)(o)

I2S. 90 in force at 28.6.2022 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2022/520, reg. 5(k)