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12.—(1) Subject to regulation 13 (limitations on the power to immobilise vehicles), where a penalty charge notice has been served in accordance with regulation 9 [F1or 9A], a civil enforcement officer or a person acting under his direction may fix an immobilisation device to the vehicle concerned while it remains in the place where it was found.
(2) On any occasion when an immobilisation device is fixed to a vehicle in accordance with this regulation, the person fixing the device shall also fix to the vehicle a notice—
(a)indicating that such a device has been fixed to the vehicle and warning that no attempt should be made to drive it or otherwise put it in motion until it has been released from that device;
(b)specifying the steps to be taken in order to secure its release; and
(c)warning that unlawful removal of an immobilisation device is an offence.
(3) A notice fixed to a vehicle in accordance with this regulation shall not be removed or interfered with except by or under the authority of—
(a)the owner, or person in charge, of the vehicle; or
(b)the enforcement authority.
(4) A person contravening paragraph (3) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(5) Any person who, without being authorised to do so in accordance with these Regulations, removes or attempts to remove an immobilisation device fixed to a vehicle in accordance with this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
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F1Words in reg. 12(1) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1001), regs. 1(1), 2(7) (with reg. 4)
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