The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (Retention and Disposal of Seized Motor Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Source: legislation.gov.uk (2025-11-13)

These Regulations uplift the charges that shall be levied in respect of the removal and storage of vehicles seized because they have been driven without insurance, by amending the charges set out in Regulation 6 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (Retention and Disposal of Seized Motor Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2025 No. 168

Justice

Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (Retention and Disposal of Seized Motor Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

Made

15th October 2025

Coming into operation

10th November 2025

The Department of Justice makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 180C of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1 (\"#f00001\")) and now vested in it (2 (\"#f00002\")).

Citation and CommencementN.I.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (Retention and Disposal of Seized Motor Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on 10th November 2025.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in operation at 10.11.2025, see reg. 1 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2025/168/regulation/1\")

Amendment of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (Retention and Disposal of Seized Motor Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008N.I.

2. The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (Retention and Disposal of Seized Motor Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(3 (\"#f00003\")) are amended as follows.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 2 in operation at 10.11.2025, see reg. 1 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2025/168/regulation/1\")

3. In Regulation 6(2), for the table entitled “Table 1 – Regulation 6(2)”, substitute the following table–

“Table 1 – Regulation 6(2)

Unladen

£2561

Unladen

£3842

Laden

£3842

Laden

£5763

Unladen

£1281

Unladen

£1921

Laden

£1921

Laden

£2561

Unladen

£3842

Unladen

£5763

Laden

£5763

Laden

£7684”

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 3 in operation at 10.11.2025, see reg. 1 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2025/168/regulation/1\")

4. In Regulation 6(3), for the table entitled “Table 2 – Regulation 6(3)”, substitute the following table –

“Table 2 – Regulation 6(3)

Two wheeled vehicleVehicle, not including a two wheeled vehicle, equal to or less than 3.5 tonnes MAMVehicle exceeding 3.5 tonnes MAM but equal to or less than 7.5 tonnes MAMVehicle exceeding 7.5 tonnes MAM but equal to or less than 18 tonnes MAMVehicle exceeding 18 tonnes MAM£13£26£32£38£45”

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 4 in operation at 10.11.2025, see reg. 1 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2025/168/regulation/1\")

Transitional provisionN.I.

5. Regulations 3 and 4 only have effect in respect of a vehicle seized on or after 10th November 2025.

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 5 in operation at 10.11.2025, see reg. 1 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2025/168/regulation/1\")

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 15th October 2025

Naomi Long

Minister of Justice

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations uplift the charges that shall be levied in respect of the removal and storage of vehicles seized because they have been driven without insurance, by amending the charges set out in Regulation 6 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (Retention and Disposal of Seized Motor Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Regulation 3 amends the statutory charges for removal of a seized motor vehicle.

Regulation 4 amends the statutory charges for the storage of a seized motor vehicle.

Regulation 5 provides that the amendments made by regulations 3 and 4 only have effect in respect of a vehicle seized on or after 10th November 2025.

(1)

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/154\") Article 180C was inserted by Article 21 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2007/916\"), as amended by S.R. 2008 No. 244 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/244\").

(2)

Article 4(1) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976\")) transferred the functions of the Secretary of State under Article 180C of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 to the Department of Justice.

(3)

S.R. (N.I.) 2008 No. 494 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/494\")