UK Statutory Instrument SI 2001 United Kingdom

Goods Vehicles (Enforcement Powers) Regulations 2001

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Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 2 of 8 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 1 carries different penalties and 5 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person3

Plus 5 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Release of detained vehicles Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authorised persons must return vehicles when licence held or no contraventionStatutory regulator
s.006 Removal of, or interference with, an immobilisation notice or device Prosecution
  • Remove or interfere with a vehicle immobilisation notice or deviceAny Person

Fine up to £1,000

s.009 Notification of detention of a vehicle and its contents Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • DVSA must publish and serve detention notice when vehicle seizedStatutory regulator
s.012 Notification of determinations Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Traffic commissioner must notify applicants of determination in writingStatutory regulator
s.014 Return of a vehicle detained Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Tribunal must order return of detained vehicle when appeal succeedsTribunal / Court
s.016 Return of contents Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authorised person must return detained vehicle contents to valid claimantsStatutory regulator
s.020 Offences as to obstruction of an authorised person Prosecution
  • Intentionally obstruct an authorised officerAny Person

Fine up to £1,000

s.021 Offences as to securing possession of property Prosecution
  • Make false declaration to recover seized vehicleAny Person

Unlimited fine

14 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Detention of property
s.005 Power to immobilise vehicles
s.007 Release of immobilised vehicles
s.008 Removal and delivery of property detained
s.010 Applications to a traffic commissioner
s.011 Hearings
s.013 Appeals from a determination of a traffic commissioner to the Transport Tribunal
s.015 Disposal of vehicles
s.017 Disposal of contents
s.018 Application of proceeds of sale
s.019 Disputes
s.022 Giving of notice

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