Notice is hereby given that the Department of Justice makes the above named Statutory Rule in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 180C of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and now vested in it.

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 10 November 2025.

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 10 November 2025.

Copies of the Rule may be purchased from the Stationery Office at www.tsoshop.co.uk or by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0333 202 5070 or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.