The Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/3063
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

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 2nd February 1998.

Section 2 Preliminary

The Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 2 (Interpretation)

In regulation 2(1)—

(a) for the definition of “local authority” there shall be substituted—

“local authority” means—

in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London;

in relation to Wales, a county council or county borough council;

in relation to Northern Ireland, a district council;

(b) for the definition of “public service vehicle” there shall be substituted—

“public service vehicle”—

in relation to England and Wales has the meaning given by section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act ; and

in relation to Northern Ireland has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 ;

Section 4 Amendment of regulation 4 (Disapplication of the Regulations)

In regulation 4(1) after the word “vehicle” there shall be inserted the words “which is on a public road”.

Section 5 Amendment of regulation 5 (Power to immobilise vehicles)

In regulation 5(1) for the words “or in Wales” there shall be substituted “, Wales or Northern Ireland”.

Section 6 Amendment of regulation 9 (Removal of vehicles)

In regulation 9(1)(a) for the words “or in Wales” there shall be substituted “, Wales or Northern Ireland”.

Section 7 Amendment of regulation 17 (Disputes)

In regulation 17(5) after the words “magistrates' court” there shall be inserted the words “or (in Northern Ireland) a court of summary jurisdiction”.