The Greater London Road Traffic (Various Provisions) Order 2001

Amendment of the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986

7.  In regulation 5A of the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986(1) for paragraph (4) there shall be substituted—

“(4) In this regulation—

• “local authority”—

  (a)

  in relation to a vehicle which is on a road in Greater London, shall be construed in accordance with paragraphs (5) and (6) below; and,

  (b)

  in relation to any other vehicle, has the same meaning as in section 100 of the 1984 Act;

• “London local authority” means the council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London;

• “parking meter” has the same meaning as in section 46(2)(a) of that Act.

(5) In relation to a vehicle which falls within paragraph (1)(a) above (vehicle parked in contravention of an order designating a parking place on a road in Greater London)—

(a)if the parking place is on a GLA road or GLA side road and the parking place was designated by Transport for London, “local authority” means Transport for London;

(b)in any other case, “local authority” means the London local authority in whose area the parking place is.

(6) In relation to a vehicle which has been permitted to remain at rest, or having broken down has been permitted to remain at rest, on a GLA road or GLA side road in contravention of a statutory prohibition or restriction in circumstances in which an offence would have been committed with respect to the vehicle but for section 76(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1991(2) (offence provisions not applying within a special parking area) “local authority” means Transport for London.

(7) For the purposes of this regulation the area of Transport for London shall be taken to be Greater London.”