23.—(1) If a vehicle or trailer is left without the permission of the Council:
(a)in any place where it is likely to obstruct or interfere with the use of their Mile End Quay undertaking; or
(b)in any part of their Mile End Quay undertaking where the parking of vehicles or trailers is prohibited by notice erected by the Council;
the Council may remove the vehicle or trailer, or cause it to be removed.
(2) Any notice erected under paragraph (1)(b) above shall be conspicously posted in or close to the place to which it relates.
(3) Where the Council in exercise of the powers of this Article remove a vehicle or trailer or cause it to be removed, the expense of and incidental to the removal shall be recoverable by the Council from any person responsible as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) above “person responsible” shall have the same meaning as in section 102(8) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(1).
(5) If the Council in exercise of the powers of this Article remove a vehicle to a place not readily visible from the place whence it is so removed they shall, if and so soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so, send to the person for the time being registered as the owner of the vehicle for the purposes of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971(2)or any other regulations having the like effect for the time being in force, at his last known address, his registered address or the address where the vehicle is ordinarily kept, notice that they have exercised the powers of this Article and of the place to which the vehicle has been removed.
(6) A notice stating the general effect of paragraph (1) above shall be displayed in a prominent position at each place where a road accessible to vehicles enters any part of the Mile End Quay undertaking.
S.I. 1971/450.