Crown to pay costs if driver found not guilty or charges not proceeded with
84R Crown to pay costs if driver found not guilty or charges not proceeded with
If—
the driver of a motor vehicle is subsequently found not guilty of the relevant offence in respect of which the motor vehicle was impounded or immobilised and is not found guilty of any other relevant offence arising out of the same single set of circumstances; or
S. 84R(b) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 106.15).
no charge-sheet charging a relevant offence is filed or such a charge-sheet is filed but the charge is not proceeded with within 12 months after the motor vehicle was impounded or immobilised—
then—
the Crown is liable to refund any designated costs paid by any person; or
the motor vehicle, if not already recovered by the registered operator or any other person entitled to possession of it, must be immediately released without any designated costs payable by the person seeking recovery of the motor vehicle.
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