Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

This section applies if—

a vehicle has been disposed of under section 123Q; and

the costs mentioned in section 123R(2)(a) and (b) have not been met by the proceeds of the sale of the vehicle or otherwise by an entity other than the State; and

the identity of the person who was, at the time the vehicle was seized, an owner or rider of the vehicle is known to the commissioner.

The commissioner may give the person a notice (a costs notice) in the approved form stating—

the reasonable costs incurred by the State in dealing with the vehicle after it was no longer required for investigative or evidentiary purposes and in disposing of the vehicle; and

any portion of those costs that has already been recovered by the State and the costs outstanding; and

that the person is liable to pay the outstanding costs to the State, and the ways the person can pay; and

that if the person does not pay the outstanding costs within 30 days after the date of the notice, the costs may be recovered as a debt due to the State.

A person who receives a costs notice under this section is liable to pay the costs stated in the notice.

The costs stated in a costs notice are payable to, and recoverable as a debt by, the State.