(1) The Minister may make regulations authorising and providing for the removal, storage and disposal of vehicles which -

(a) have been, or appear to have been, abandoned on a public road, or in a car park provided under section 101 of this Act, or

(b) have been parked in contravention of the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1994 or of a regulation, bye-law or rule thereunder.

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

(a) specify the persons or classes of persons by or on whose authority vehicles may be removed, stored or disposed of,

(b) authorise and provide for the recovery by persons referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection from the owners of vehicles removed or stored of charges, in accordance with a prescribed scale, in respect of such removal or storage and for the disposition of moneys received in respect of such charges,

(c) authorise and provide for the sale (or the disposal otherwise than by sale) by or on behalf of persons referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection of vehicles removed or stored and provide for the disposition of moneys received in respect of such sale or other disposal.

(3) Regulations under this section may apply generally or in such circumstances as may be specified in such regulations and different regulations may be made for different circumstances.