Unlicensed vehicles on private land

An interesting issue arose as part of the 2008 Finance Bill, which recently passed through parliament. Until now, if a vehicle was not licensed or covered by SORN it could only be wheel clamped or removed by the DVLA if it was on a public road.

The following amendment, which is buried in the Background Notes section of the bill, changes that provision and allows for clamping and subsequent removal of vehicles on land that is not ‘Intrinsically part of a private dwelling’.
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