
1 
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 1st April 1997.
2 
The Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 1996shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3 
In regulation 8(3), the words “in accordance with paragraph 1” shall be omitted.
4 
For regulation 11(3), there shall be substituted the following paragraph—“
(3) A notice under paragraph (2)(b) shall be a notice addressed to the owner which—
(a) states:—
(i) the registration mark and make of the vehicle;
(ii) the place where the vehicle was found before it was immobilised;
(iii) the place to which the vehicle has been removed;
(iv) the steps to be taken to obtain possession of the vehicle in accordance with regulation 13;
(v) that unless the vehicle is removed by the owner on or before the date specified under sub-paragraph (b), the custodian intends to dispose of it; and
(b) requires the owner to remove the vehicle from the custody of the custodian within 21 days of the date on which the notice was served.”
5 
For Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
John Bowis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
3rd March 1997
SCHEDULE
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SCHEDULE 2
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Greater London.
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