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What action can local authorities and
others take
Abandoned vehicles
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, s.10
Inserts ss.2A B and C into the Refuse Disposal (Amenity)
Act 1978 giving authorised officers of a local authority
power to issue Fixed Penalty Notices in respect of an
offence of abandoning a vehicle. The sum is set at £200
and local authorities may retain the receipts.
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Enables local authorities to immediately remove all
abandoned vehicles on a road. This will include roads
running through housing estates to which the public have
access. The 15 day notice will remain on private land.
Enables local authorities to immediately destroy vehicles
that are only fit for destruction (without waiting for the
expiration of a valid licence as under the Refuse and
Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978).
Enables local authorities to immediately dispose of
vehicles where neither a registration mark (plate) is
shown nor a current licence displayed. Without that
information it is considered unreasonable to expect the
authority to trace the owner.
ABANDONED
VEHICLES
Other Powers
Some local authorities have devolved DVLA powers to
remove untaxed vehicles.
Nuisance vehicles
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, s.3
Section 3 makes it an offence for a person to park motor
vehicles on a road or roads, where the vehicles are
parked merely in order to be sold. There must be two or
more vehicles within 500 metres of each other for the
offence to be committed.
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