Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

This section applies if—

a person is charged with an evasion offence; and

the person—

has previously been found guilty of 1 evasion offence committed on a previous occasion within the relevant period; or

has previously been charged with an evasion offence committed within the relevant period and the charge of that offence has not been decided.

A police officer may apply to the relevant court in the approved form for an order that the motor vehicle involved in the offence be forfeited to the State (forfeiture order).

Subsection (2) applies even though the value of the motor vehicle may be more than the maximum amount that may be claimed in a personal action in the civil jurisdiction of a Magistrates Court.