1. These Regulations may be cited as the Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
2 The Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 1996(1)shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3. In regulation 8(3), the words “in accordance with paragraph 1” shall be omitted.
4. For regulation 11(3), there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(3) A notice under paragraph (2)(b) shall be a notice addressed to the owner which—
(a)states:—
(i)the registration mark and make of the vehicle;
(ii)the place where the vehicle was found before it was immobilised;
(iii)the place to which the vehicle has been removed;
(iv)the steps to be taken to obtain possession of the vehicle in accordance with regulation 13;
(v)that unless the vehicle is removed by the owner on or before the date specified under sub-paragraph (b), the custodian intends to dispose of it; and
(b)requires the owner to remove the vehicle from the custody of the custodian within 21 days of the date on which the notice was served.”
5. For Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
John Bowis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
3rd March 1997