Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

This section applies if—

before the commencement, and within the relevant period, the driver of a motor vehicle—

has been charged with having committed a type 1 vehicle related offence on at least 1 previous occasion and the charge has not been decided; or

has been found guilty of a type 1 vehicle related offence committed on 1 previous occasion; and

after the commencement, the driver is charged with having committed a type 1 vehicle related offence.

A police officer may not impound the motor vehicle under section 74A of the post-amended Act on the basis that the driver has been charged with, or found guilty of, having committed a type 1 vehicle related offence mentioned in subsection (1)(a).

In this section—relevant period, for a person who has been charged with, or found guilty of, having committed a type 1 vehicle related offence before the commencement, means the period of not more than 3 years before a type 1 vehicle related offence the person is charged with having committed after the commencement.