Police powers concerning traffic management(cf STM Act, cl 8 of Sch 1)
12 Police powers concerning traffic management(cf STM Act, cl 8 of Sch 1)
The marking of tyres of vehicles by means of crayon, chalk or any similar substance by police officers and special constables in the employ of the Commissioner of Police or other authorised officers for any purpose connected with the enforcement of any of the provisions of any Act or any statutory rule made under any Act.
The making of provision for—
the seizure and for the taking charge of, removal or towing away of any vehicle that is a danger or unreasonable obstruction to traffic or has been abandoned on a road, or has been caused or permitted to stand, wait, stop or to be parked contrary to law on any part of a road in which is conspicuously displayed a sign exhibiting or including the words “tow away area” or “vehicles impounded” or other words indicating that such a vehicle is subject to seizure, and
the keeping or impounding, at a place appointed or set apart by the Commissioner of Police for the purpose, of any vehicle so removed or towed away, and
the conditions to be observed before the release of any such vehicle, including a condition for payment of such amount as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Commissioner of Police in respect of the seizure, taking charge of, removal, towing away, keeping, impounding or releasing of any such vehicle, and for the disposal or destruction of any such vehicle if the owner fails within the time prescribed to claim the vehicle and to pay that amount, and
the fixing of different amounts by the Commissioner of Police as referred to in paragraph (c) in respect of different classes of vehicles or according to different circumstances, and
the conditions to be observed before a vehicle can be seized.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.