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Version date: 12 February 2018 - onwards
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36. Detention of vehicles, etc., by authorised officers and CVR inspectors.

(1) The Minister may make regulations authorising and providing for the detention, immobilisation, storage and subsequent release or disposal of a CVR vehicle where -

(a) in the opinion of an authorised officer or a CVR inspector the vehicle is not roadworthy,

(b) an authorised officer or a CVR inspector is prevented from inspecting the vehicle, or

(c) the vehicle is being used in breach of a direction, or of a requirement of a CVR inspector under section 34.

(2) Regulations under this section may, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) -

(a) authorise and provide for the recovery by such persons or classes of persons as may be specified in the regulations from the owners of vehicles detained, removed, stored, released or disposed of, of charges in accordance with a prescribed scale, in respect of such detention, removal, storage, release or disposal and for the disposal of moneys received in respect of such charges,