Policy background Road traffic Charges for removal, storage and disposal of vehicles
Section 102 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (the "1984 Act") enables charges incurred in the removal, storage and disposal of vehicles under sections 99 and 101 of that Act to be recovered. This includes where vehicles are removed:
On a road in contravention of a statutory prohibition or restriction;
On a road causing an obstruction to road users or likely to cause danger to them;
On a road or any land in the open air and appearing to be abandoned without lawful authority;
From a parking place where a vehicle has been left there in contravention of agreed conditions.
	Following amendments to section 102(2) of the 1984 Act made by section 68 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 ("the 1991 Act") and paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 11 to the Traffic Management Act 2004 ("the 2004 Act"), section 90 amends section 102(2A) of the 1984 Act, returning the power to charge for the recovery, storage and disposal of vehicles in certain circumstances to a statutory footing. This section ensures that such statutory charging powers extend to the chief officer, local authorities, the Secretary of State and strategic highways companies once again.