Section 56 Examination, immobilisation and removal of vehicles etc.
101.This section provides powers for the Scottish Ministers to make regulations to allow enforcement actions such as the examination or entering of vehicles in order to establish whether the correct documentation is displayed, and whether the specified equipment is fitted in a correct manner, is in good working order or has been unlawfully tampered with. Subsection (2) allows the charging authority to authorise individuals to act as enforcement officers. Anyone who obstructs an authorised person acting in the exercise of these powers commits a criminal offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or on conviction on indictment to a fine. The Scottish Ministers may also by regulations allow for the immobilisation of vehicles and the fixing of notices to such vehicles, the removal and storage of vehicles and the release, sale or destruction of vehicles. Subsection (8) provides that these powers shall only be used if a vehicle is on a road.