102 Charges for removal, storage and disposal of vehicles
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (1984 c 27) | Legislation

102  Charges for removal, storage and disposal of vehicles

(1)     The provisions of this section shall have effect where a vehicle—

(a)     is removed from a parking place in pursuance of an order to which section 101 of this Act applies, or

(b)     is removed from a road, or from land in the open air, [or other land] in pursuance of regulations under section 99 of this Act.

°Ú(2)ÌýÌýÌýÌý If the place from which the vehicle is removed is in an area that is not a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions— [In any such case (but subject in the case of a local authority to subsection (2A))—]

(a)     the appropriate authority is entitled to recover from any person responsible such charges as may be prescribed in respect of the removal of the vehicle;

(b)     the chief officer of a police force or a local authority in whose custody the vehicle is during any period is entitled to recover from any person responsible charges ascertained by reference to a prescribed scale in respect of that period; and

(c)     the chief officer of a police force or a local authority who dispose of the vehicle in pursuance of section

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