Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 section 32A

Immobilisation, removal and disposal of vehicles

Section 32A gives effect to the rules on clamping, removing, and disposing of vehicles that appear to be kept or used without a valid vehicle excise licence.

• This section activates Schedule 2A of the Act, which contains the detailed rules on immobilisation, removal, and disposal of unlicensed vehicles.
• The powers apply where it appears that a vehicle is being used or kept on a public road without the required vehicle excise duty having been paid (an offence under section 29(1) of the Act).
• In practice, this means that authorities can clamp (immobilise) a vehicle found on the road without a valid tax disc, and can subsequently remove and dispose of it if the situation is not resolved.
• The section itself is brief and procedural — the substantive enforcement powers and processes are set out in Schedule 2A, which this section brings into legal effect.