The Serbia and Montenegro (United Nations Sanctions) Order 1993

Impounding of goods vehicles

5.—(1) It shall be the duty of the traffic commissioner for any traffic area in Great Britain to take all such steps as may be necessary to secure that any goods vehicle to which this article applies and which is within his traffic area shall be impounded.

(2) It shall be the duty of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland to take all such steps as may be necessary to secure that any goods vehicle to which this article applies and which is within Northern Ireland shall be impounded.

(3) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, obstructs a traffic commissioner or the Department, as the case may be, or their servants or agents, acting in accordance with the provisions of this article, shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.

(4) The traffic commissioner or the Department, as the case may be, may recover impounding expenses from the owner of an impounded goods vehicle.

(5) This article applies to any goods vehicle—

(a) which the traffic commissioner or the Department, as the case may be, has reason to believe is either majority owned or effectively controlled by a person connected with Serbia or Montenegro, or

(b) which is detained by virtue of article 3 and in respect of which the Secretary of State determines that the said goods vehicle has been used in violation of the United Nations resolutions.

(6) A certificate given by or on behalf of the Secretary of State stating that it has been determined that a goods vehicle has been used in violation of the United Nations resolutions shall be conclusive evidence of that matter.