Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/section/104
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Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.s. 104(1) excluded by 1988 c. 52, s. 12E (as inserted) by 2015 c. 20 s. 73(3)Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act modified by S.S.I. 2016/245 art. 5 Sch. 3Act modified by S.S.I. 2016/407 art. 5 Sch. 3Act modified by S.S.I. 2017/82 art. 5 Sch. 3Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 16A(12) inserted by 2015 c. 20 s. 74(3)s. 17(3B) inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 36(3)s. 17(3ZAA) inserted by 2017 c. 4 s. 26(2)s. 17(3ZCA) inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 36(2)s. 25(7) inserted by 2017 c. 4 s. 26(3)(b)s. 35C(4)(aa) inserted by 2017 c. 11 s. 1(2)s. 35C(4A) inserted by 2017 c. 11 s. 1(3)s. 46A(4)(aa) inserted by 2017 c. 11 s. 2(2)s. 46A(4A) inserted by 2017 c. 11 s. 2(3)s. 64(6A) inserted by 2017 c. 4 s. 26(4)(b)s. 65(3ZA)-(3ZC) inserted by 2016 c. 11 s. 41(8)s. 65(3ZB) words inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 37(4)s. 65(3ZC) words substituted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 37(5)s. 65(5) inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 37(6)s. 79(1A) inserted by 2016 c. 11 s. 41(16)s. 81(3)-(5) inserted by 2016 c. 11 s. 42(4)s. 81(3)(aa) inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 39(2)s. 81(4) words inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 39(3)s. 81(5) words substituted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 39(4)s. 83(4) inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 40s. 85(7A) inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 41(2)s. 85(8)-(10) inserted by 2016 c. 11 s. 42(16)s. 85(9) words inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 41(3)s. 85(10) words substituted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 41(4)s. 86(7)(aa) inserted by 2017 c. 4 s. 26(5)(b)s. 87(1)(a) words omitted by 2015 c. 20 s. 50(2)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. This amendment is to be applied to the version of s. 87 that is prospectively substituted by 2006 c. 49, s. 19)s. 87(1)(a) words substituted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 8 para. 29(3)s. 87(1)(b) words substituted by 2017 c. 4 s. 26(6)(a)s. 87(1)(c) word inserted by 2015 c. 20 s. 50(2)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. This amendment is to be applied to the version of s. 87 that is prospectively substituted by 2006 c. 49, s. 19)s. 87(1)(aa) inserted by 2015 c. 20 s. 50(2)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. This amendment is to be applied to the version of s. 87 that is prospectively substituted by 2006 c. 49, s. 19)s. 87(7) inserted by 2017 c. 4 s. 26(6)(b)s. 88(7A)(aa) inserted by 2017 c. 4 s. 26(7)(b)s. 88(8A) inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 42(2)s. 88(11A)(11B) inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 42(3)s. 131(8) inserted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 11(6)s. 131(9) inserted by S.I. 2017/524 Sch. 5 para. 19(b)s. 134(3A) inserted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 12(4)s. 134(3B) inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 43(2)s. 134(6)-(8) inserted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 12(5)s. 134(9)-(13) inserted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 43(3)Sch. 9 para. 15A inserted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 15(6)Sch. 9 para. 17(3) inserted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 15(13)Sch. 9 para. 12ZA substituted for Sch. 9 para. 12A by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 14(11)Sch. 9 para. 16(3) substituted for word in Sch. 9 para. 16(2) by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 15(9)(e)Sch. 9 para. 7(1)(b) words substituted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 14(8)(a)104 Immobilisation of vehicles illegally parked.E+W+S(1)Subject to sections 105 and 106 of this Act, where a constable finds on a road a vehicle which has been permitted to remain at rest there in contravention of any prohibition or restriction imposed by or under any enactment, he may—
(b)move it from that place to another place on the same or another road and fix an immobilisation device to it in that other place;
or authorise another person to take under his direction any action he could himself take by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b) above.
(3)A vehicle to which an immobilisation device has been fixed in accordance with this section may only be released from that device by or under the direction of a [F1person authorised to give such a direction by the chief officer of police within whose area the vehicle in question was found].
(5)A notice affixed to a vehicle under this section shall not be removed or interfered with except by or under the authority of the person in charge of the vehicle or the person by whom it was put in the place where it was found by the constable; and any person contravening this subsection shall be guilty of an offence.
(6)Any person who, without being authorised to do so in accordance with this section, removes or attempts to remove an immobilisation device fixed to a vehicle in accordance with this section shall be guilty of an offence.
(7)Where a vehicle is moved in accordance with this section before an immobilisation device is fixed to it, any power of removal under regulations for the time being in force under section 99 of this Act which was exercisable in relation to that vehicle immediately before it was so moved shall continue to be exercisable in relation to that vehicle while it remains in the place to which it was so moved.
(8)In relation to any vehicle which is removed in pursuance of any such regulations or under section 3 of the M1Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (duty of local authority to remove abandoned vehicles) from a place to which it was moved in accordance with this section, references in the definition of “person responsible” in section 102(8) of this Act and section 5 of the said Act of 1978 mentioned above (recovery from person responsible of charges and expenses in respect of vehicles removed) to the place from which the vehicle was removed shall be read as references to the place in which it was immediately before it was moved in accordance with this section.
(9)In this section “immobilisation device” means any device or appliance designed or adapted to be fixed to a vehicle for the purpose of preventing it from being driven or otherwise put in motion, being a device or appliance of a type approved by the Secretary of State for use for that purpose in accordance with this section.
(11)Any sum received by virtue of subsection (4) above shall be paid into the police fund [F3or, in Scotland, to the Scottish Police Authority].
(12)Regulations under subsection (2) or (4) above may make different provision for different cases [F4or classes of case or in respect of different areas].
F5 [( 12A )For the purposes of this section, the suspension under section 13A or 49 of this Act of the use of a parking place is a restriction imposed under this Act.]
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(1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/119), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 9(3)F4Words in s. 104(12) added (1.10.1991) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4, para. 34(3); S.I. 1991/2054, art. 3,Sch.F5S. 104(12A) inserted (1.10.1991) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4, para.35; S.I. 1991/2054, art. 3,Sch.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1S. 104 extended (21.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/854, art. 3(2)(a)(ii)C2S. 104(9): definition of "immobilisation device" applied (1.10.1991) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 82(1), (with s. 79(1)); S.I. 1991/2054, art. 3,SchMarginal CitationsM11978 c. 3(100:3).Previous: ProvisionNext: ProvisionBack to topOptions/HelpPrint OptionsPrint The Whole ActPDF The Whole ActWeb page The Whole ActPrint The Whole PartPDF The Whole PartWeb page The Whole PartPrint The Whole Cross HeadingPDF The Whole Cross HeadingWeb page The Whole Cross HeadingPrint This Section onlyPDF This Section onlyWeb page This Section onlyYou have chosen to open The Whole ActThe Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. 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