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Closed Consultation Published 29 May 2025 Home Office ↗ View on GOV.UK

Amends to legislation on vehicle removal, storage and disposal

We are consulting on amendments to secondary legislation on the police removal, storage and disposal of vehicles.

Opened 28 May 2025
Closed 8 Jul 2025
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This consultation sets out the government’s proposals to amend secondary legislation to reduce the disposal timeframes for seized vehicles. The objective is to allow the police to quickly dispose of vehicles which are used in an anti-social manner to deliver swift justice and prevent reoffending.

It is aimed at groups and individuals impacted, or representing the interests of those impacted, by the removal, storage and disposal vehicle recovery charges, including but not limited to:

  • the public
  • representatives of victims
  • the police
  • vehicle recovery operators and associated bodies