Litter Act 2004

This section applies if—

a person places a vehicle at a public place; and

an authorised person or police officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the vehicle has been abandoned.

The authorised person or police officer may direct (a removal direction) the person to remove the vehicle.

A removal direction must be in writing and state—

the public place; and

the vehicle to be removed; and

when the direction must be complied with (the due date), being a day at least 2 days after the direction is given to the person; and

that, if the vehicle is not removed by the due date—

the person may be committing an offence under section 24Q; and

the vehicle may be removed and disposed of under section 24R and section 24S.

A removal direction may be given to a person by securely attaching the direction to the vehicle in a conspicuous place.

For how documents may be given, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.

A removal direction given to a person in the way mentioned in subsection (4) is taken to be given to the person on the day the direction is attached to the vehicle.