
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 5th October 1998.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
2 
The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3 
After regulation 5A there shall be inserted the following regulation–“
5B 

(1) Where in the area of a particular local authority, a vehicle–
(a) has been permitted to remain at rest or has broken down and remained at rest on a road in contravention of a prohibition or restriction contained in an order under section 46 of the 1984 Act in circumstances in which an offence would have been committed in respect of the vehicle but for paragraph 1(4)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (permitted parking areas); or
(b) has been permitted to remain at rest or has broken down and remained at rest on a road in contravention of a prohibition or restriction in circumstances in which an offence would have been committed with respect to the vehicle but for paragraph 1(4)(a) or 2(4) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (permitted parking areas or special parking areas),
a parking attendant acting on behalf of the local authority may, subject to the provisions of sections 99 and 100 of the 1984 Act, remove or arrange for the removal of the vehicle from the road to a place which is not on that or any other road, or may remove it or arrange for its removal to another position on that or another road.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) above shall not apply in relation to a vehicle if–
(a) not more than 15 minutes have elapsed since the end of any period for which the appropriate charge was duly paid at the time of parking; or
(b) not more than 15 minutes have elapsed since the end of any unexpired time (in respect of another vehicle) which is available at the relevant parking meter at the time of parking.
(3) This regulation applies only in respect of–
(a) a vehicle which is on a road in, and
(b) its removal in and to a place in,
Scotland.
(4) In this regulation–
 “local authority” has the same meaning as in section 100(5)(c) of the 1984 Act; and
 “parking meter” has the same meaning as in section 46(2)(a) of that Act.”.
Calum MacDonald
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
5th August 1998