The Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Made12th January 1999

Laid before Parliament21st January 1999

Coming into force15th February 1999

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 57(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2A to, the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 19941 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 15th February 1999.

Amendment of the Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 19972

1

The Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 19972 shall be further amended as follows.

2

In regulation 10(4)(b) for “21 days” there shall be substituted “14 days”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Larry WhittyParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of the Environment,Transport and the Regions12th January 1999

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 10 of the Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 1997 so as to reduce, from 21 days to 14 days, the period within which the owner may be required by notice to remove a mechanically propelled vehicle which has been impounded after being found unlicensed on a public road.