James Cook University Act 1997

This section applies if the owner of a seized vehicle does not recover the vehicle within 2 months after notice is given to the owner under section 8(4) or (5).

After publishing a notice in a newspaper circulating generally in the State, the university may sell the vehicle by public auction.

The notice must—

identify the vehicle; and

state that the vehicle is to be sold by auction; and

state how the owner may recover the vehicle before the auction; and

state the time and place of the auction.

Compensation is not recoverable against the university for the sale of a vehicle under this section.

In this section—