Clause 7

by deleting the words “, or an order for the release of a vehicle liable to forfeiture, under this section” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “of a vehicle seized or taken to a place of safety under section 95 or 95A”;

by deleting the words “or a non‑compliant personal mobility device” in subsection (1)(a) and substituting the words “, a non‑compliant personal mobility device or a non‑compliant mobility vehicle”;

by deleting the words “or the non‑compliant personal mobility device” in subsection (1)(b) and substituting the words “, non‑compliant personal mobility device or non‑compliant mobility vehicle (as the case may be)”;

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (1)(b);

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b) of subsection (1), the following paragraph:“(ba)at the end of 30 days after the date of the seizure or taking to a place of safety, no claim to the vehicle is earlier made in the prescribed manner to the Authority by a person who is not the person from whom the vehicle was seized or required to take the vehicle to a place of safety (or the latter person’s agent); and”;

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Despite subsection (1), the Authority may at once order the forfeiture of a vehicle seized or taken to a place of safety under section 95 or 95A —

that is a non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle, non‑compliant personal mobility device or non‑compliant mobility vehicle; and

that the Authority considers is of such a nature or in such condition that it would be dangerous for the Authority to retain custody, or its detention in a place of safety materially increases the likelihood of an outbreak of fire at the place of safety.”;

by deleting the words “subsection (2)(b)” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “subsection (1)(ba)”; (h)by deleting the words “or non‑compliant personal mobility device” wherever they appear in subsections (3) and (7) and substituting in each case the words “, non‑compliant personal mobility device or non‑compliant mobility vehicle”;

by deleting the words “or the non‑compliant personal mobility device” wherever they appear in subsections (4)(a) and (b) and (5) and substituting in each case the words “, the non‑compliant personal mobility device or the non‑compliant mobility vehicle”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (7), the following subsection:“(7A) However, the Authority may direct that a non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle, non‑compliant personal mobility device or non‑compliant mobility vehicle forfeited by the Authority under subsection (2) and is the subject of a notice under subsection (7) be returned to a person if —

before the end of the period of the notice in subsection (7), the Authority receives from that person a written objection to the intended sale, destruction or disposal of the vehicle and showing good cause why possession of the vehicle should be returned to the person; and

there is no reasonable cause for the Authority to believe that an offence under this Act has been committed and the vehicle was the subject matter, or was used in the commission, of the offence.”; and

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “non‑compliant personal mobility device” in subsection (9), the following definition:“ “non‑compliant mobility vehicle” has the meaning given by the Active Mobility Act 2017;”.