The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

Leaving motor vehicles unattended E+W+S

107.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall leave, or cause or permit to be left, on a road a motor vehicle which is not attended by a person licensed to drive it unless the engine is stopped and any parking brake with which the vehicle is required to be equipped is effectively set.

(2) The requirement specified in paragraph (1) as to the stopping of the engine shall not apply in respect of a vehicle—

(a) being used for F1 ... [F2 fire brigade] [F3 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service] [F4 or, in England or Wales, fire and rescue authority] [F5 or, in England, fire and rescue authority] or police purposes;

[F6 (aa) being used for ambulance purposes or for the purpose of providing a response to an emergency at the request of an NHS ambulance service;] or

(b) in such a position and condition as not to be likely to endanger any person or property and engaged in an operation which requires its engine to be used to—

(i) drive machinery forming part of, or mounted on, the vehicle and used for purposes other than driving the vehicle; or

(ii) maintain the electrical power of the batteries of the vehicle at a level required for driving that machinery or apparatus.

(3) In this regulation “parking brake” means a brake fitted to a vehicle in accordance with requirement 16 or 18 in Schedule 3.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 107(2)(a) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 9(2)

F2 Words in reg. 107(2)(a) substituted (S.) (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/344), art. 1, sch. para. 5(4)(e); S.S.I. 2005/392, art. 2

F3 Words in reg. 107(2)(a) substituted (S.) (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/119), art. 1, sch. 2 para. 4(5)(e)

F4 Words in reg. 107(2)(a) inserted (W.) (25.10.2005) by The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2929), arts. 1(1), 11(4)(e)

F5 Words in reg. 107(2)(a) inserted (E.) (30.12.2004) by The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (England) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3168), arts. 1(1), 10(4)(e)

F6 Reg. 107(2)(aa) inserted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 9(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 107 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1