(1) In this section -

‘clamping officer’ means -

(a) a member of the Garda Síochána,

(b) a traffic warden (within the meaning of the Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975 ), or

(c) a person or a class of persons authorised by a local authority under subsection (2);

‘immobilisation device’ means any device or appliance designed or adapted for fixing to a vehicle for the purpose of preventing it from being driven or otherwise put in motion;

‘prescribed charge’ means the amount of the charge prescribed under subsection (7) (a) and includes, where a vehicle is moved to another place for the purpose of fixing an immobilisation device to it, the costs involved in the removal of the vehicle;

‘vehicle’ means a mechanically propelled vehicle, a trailer or semi-trailer or a combination of two or more of them.

(2) A local authority may authorise a person or a class of persons for the purposes of this section to fix immobilisation devices to vehicles within its functional area.