Vehicle Immobilisation Regulation Bill 2010

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Vehicle Immobilisation Regulation Bill 2010 would create a licensing system for vehicle clamping and removal on private property, placing the National Transport Authority in charge of setting operating standards. Clamping companies and individual clampers would need licences, with rules covering identification, fees, penalties, licence checks and appeals against wrongful clamping; charges would generally be capped at €140 unless changed by regulation. It would be an offence to clamp vehicles without a licence, or for property occupiers knowingly or negligently to allow unlicensed clampers to operate, with penalties ranging from fines to imprisonment. The proposal aims to protect motorists from unfair practices in an otherwise largely unregulated private-clamping industry.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of vehicle clamping activities on private land as part of the effective management of traffic by the National Transport Authority in accordance with the functions of that Authority; to provide for the offence of unlicensed vehicle immobilisation or using unlicensed vehicle immobilisers and to make provision for connected matters

Last updated 12 April 2018