Consequences of surrender notice
79BB Consequences of surrender notice
If a responsible person for a vehicle who is given a surrender notice surrenders the vehicle according to the notice, the vehicle must be impounded for a period that commences at the time when the vehicle is surrendered.
If a responsible person for a vehicle who is given a surrender notice fails to surrender the vehicle according to the notice, the vehicle must be impounded for a period that commences at the time when a police officer takes possession of the vehicle for the purpose of impounding it.
The time when the period for which a vehicle is impounded under subsection (1) or (2) commences is not required to be within a period of 28 days after the day of the offence.
The period for which a vehicle is impounded under subsection (1) or (2) ends when the impounding period has passed since the end of the day on which the vehicle was impounded.
A person who is given a surrender notice in relation to a vehicle commits an offence if the person fails to comply with the notice.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of 50 PU.
A person who is given a surrender notice in relation to a vehicle commits an offence if, without the authority of a court order, the person —
disposes of an interest that the person has in the vehicle; or
does anything, or causes or permits another person to do anything, that results or will result in a reduction in the value of the vehicle.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of 50 PU.
[Section 79BB inserted: No. 23 of 2009 s. 12; amended: No. 8 of 2012 s. 37; No. 51 of 2016 s. 23.]
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