Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

This section applies if—

a police officer may impound a motor vehicle under division 1 or 1A; and

the police officer decides that it is appropriate in the circumstances for the motor vehicle to be kept at a place other than a holding yard for the impoundment period.

The police officer may attach a notice (a number plate confiscation notice) to the motor vehicle stating all of the following—

that the vehicle must not be operated;

the period for which the vehicle is prohibited from being operated;

that the notice must not be removed from the vehicle;

the date the notice is attached to the motor vehicle.

If the police officer attaches a number plate confiscation notice to the motor vehicle and number plates are attached to the motor vehicle, the police officer must also remove and confiscate the number plates.

Except as provided under this chapter, a motor vehicle to which a number plate confiscation notice is attached under this section is prohibited from being operated for the period stated in the notice (the number plate confiscation period) for which the vehicle would have been kept in a holding yard and commencing on the day the notice is attached to the vehicle.

To remove any doubt, it is declared that a number plate confiscation notice may be attached to a motor vehicle whether or not number plates are attached to the vehicle.