IMPOUNDING ACT 1993 - As at 29 November 2021 - Act 31 of 1993 - NOTES
IMPOUNDING ACT 1993 - As at 29 November 2021 - Act 31 of 1993 - NOTES
Proposed repeal--
This Act is to be repealed on the commencement of sec 62 of the Public Spaces (Unattended Property) Act 2021 No 38 (not commenced).
Reprint history--
Reprint No 1 14 July 1997
Reprint No 2 2 January 2001
Reprint No 3 21 March 2006
Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
| Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
| Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
| Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
| Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
| Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
| GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
Table of amending instruments
Impounding Act 1993 No 31. Assented to 8.6.1993. Date of commencement, 1.7.1993, sec 2 and GG No 73 of 1.7.1993, p 3343. This Act has been amended as follows--| 1994 | No 32 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Impounding Act 1993, 1.5.1996, Sch 1 and GG No 51 of 26.4.1996, p 1902. |
| No 44 | Local Government Legislation (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Act
1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 19, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 80 of 17.6.1994, p 2915. | |
| 1995 | No 13 | Ports Corporatisation and
Waterways
Management Act 1995. Assented to 15.6.1995. Date of commencement, 1.7.1995, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 30.6.1995, p 3435. |
| No 16 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1995. Assented to 15.6.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 2.10, assent, sec 2. | |
| No 101 | Threatened Species Conservation
Act
1995. Assented to 22.12.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.1.1996, sec 2 (1) and GG No 158 of 22.12.1995, p 8802. | |
| 1996 | No 7 | Impounding Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 5.6.1996. Date of commencement, 1.8.1996, sec 2 and GG No 89 of 26.7.1996, p 4355. |
| No 58 | National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act
1996. Assented to 1.7.1996. Date of commencement, 1.6.1997, sec 2 and GG No 57 of 30.5.1997, p 3472. | |
| 1997 | No 77 | Administrative Decisions Legislation Amendment
Act
1997. Assented to 10.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 5.18, 1.1.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9946. |
| No 119 | Road Transport (Vehicle
Registration)
Act 1997. Assented to 9.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 29.6.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4429. | |
| 1998 | No 29 | Darling Harbour Authority Amendment and Repeal
Act
1998. Assented to 15.6.1998. The amendments made by Sch 3.4 were not commenced and were repealed by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority Act 1998 No 170. |
| No 143 | Rural Lands Protection
Act
1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 28.9.2001, sec 2 and GG No 146 of 28.9.2001, p 8183. | |
| No 170 | Sydney Harbour Foreshore
Authority
Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.2.1999, sec 2 (1) and GG No 12 of 29.1.1999, p 285; date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.1.2001, sec 2 and GG No 170 of 29.12.2000, p 13950. | |
| 1999 | No 19 | Road Transport Legislation Amendment Act
1999. Assented to 1.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.12.1999, sec 2 (1) and GG No 133 of 26.11.1999, p 10863. |
| No 31 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 1.19, assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1). | |
| No 77 | Homebush Bay Operations Act 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement, 31.12.1999, sec 2 and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12186. | |
| No 85 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1). | |
| 2000 | No 53 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2000. Assented to 29.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 1.12, assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1). |
| 2001 | No 56 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2.22, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| No 57 | Sydney Olympic Park Authority
Act
2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement, 1.7.2001, sec 2. | |
| 2003 | No 82 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| No 96 | Transport Administration
Amendment
(Rail Agencies) Act 2003. Assented to 10.12.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.1.2004, sec 2 and GG No 197 of 19.12.2003, p 11271. | |
| 2005 | No 11 | Road Transport (General)
Act
2005. Assented to 14.4.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 3.16, 30.9.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 120 of 30.9.2005, p 7674. |
| 2006 | No 58 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2006. Assented to 20.6.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 2.24, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| No 84 | Ports Corporatisation and
Waterways
Management Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 30.10.2006. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| No 92 | Western Sydney Parklands
Act
2006. Assented to 21.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 5, 1.1.2008, sec 2 and GG No 185 of 21.12.2007, p 9819. | |
| No 120 | Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2). | |
| 2007 | No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local
Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. |
| 2008 | No 112 | Rural Lands Protection
Amendment Act
2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 6.14, 1.1.2009, sec 2 (1). |
| 2010 | No 57 | Personal Property
Securities
Legislation Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 1.12, 30.1.2012, sec 2 and 2011 (661) LW 16.12.2011. |
| 2011 | No 41 | Transport Legislation Amendment
Act
2011. Assented to 13.9.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 5.10, 1.11.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (559) LW 28.10.2011. |
| 2012 | No 96 | Forestry Act
2012. Assented to 21.11.2012. Date of commencement of Sch 4.14, 1.1.2013, sec 2 and 2012 (680) LW 21.12.2012. |
| 2013 | No 19 | Road Transport Legislation
(Repeal and
Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 3.4.2013. Date of commencement, 1.7.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (329) LW 28.6.2013. |
| No 47 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2013. Assented to 25.6.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 1.16, 5.7.2013, sec 2 (1). | |
| No 51 | Local Land Services
Act
2013. Assented to 1.7.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 7, 1.1.2014, sec 2 (1). | |
| No 95 | Civil and Administrative
Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 20.11.2013. Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2. | |
| 2014 | No 74 | Water NSW Act
2014. Assented to 11.11.2014. Date of commencement, 1.1.2015, sec 2 and 2014 (839) LW 19.12.2014. |
| No 88 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2014. Assented to 28.11.2014. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.1.2015, sec 2 (1). | |
| 2015 | No 27 | Impounding Amendment (Unattended
Boat
Trailers) Act 2015. Assented to 28.9.2015. Date of commencement, 1.7.2016, sec 2 and 2016 (391) LW 1.7.2016. |
| No 58 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2015. Assented to 24.11.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 15.1.2016, sec 2 (3). | |
| 2016 | No 13 | Fines Amendment
Act
2016. Assented to 11.5.2016. Date of commencement, 1.6.2016, sec 2 and 2016 (276) LW 1.6.2016. |
| 2017 | No 12 | Transport Administration
Amendment
(Transport Entities) Act 2017. Assented to 11.4.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.2017, sec 2 and 2017 (330) LW 30.6.2017; date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2020, sec 2 and 2020 (254) LW 12.6.2020. |
| No 17 | Crown Land Legislation Amendment
Act
2017. Assented to 17.5.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 2.8, 1.7.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (225) LW 1.6.2018. | |
| No 22 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2017. Assented to 1.6.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3). | |
| No 25 | Electronic Transactions
Legislation
Amendment (Government Transactions) Act 2017. Assented to 27.6.2017. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2018 | No 18 | Transport Administration
Amendment
(Sydney Metro) Act 2018. Assented to 23.5.2018. Date of commencement, 1.7.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (275) LW 22.6.2018. |
| No 25 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2018. Assented to 15.6.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 14 days after assent, sec 2 (1). | |
| No 40 | Forestry Legislation Amendment
Act
2018. Assented to 27.6.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 3.5, 9.11.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (620) LW 9.11.2018. | |
| No 51 | Impounding Amendment (Shared
Bicycles
and Other Devices) Act 2018. Assented to 5.10.2018. Date of commencement, 30.11.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (674) LW 30.11.2018. | |
| 2020 | No 30 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2020. Assented to 27.10.2020. Date of commencement of amendments made by Sch 4, 22.1.2021, sec 2(4). |
Table of amendments
| Sec 3 | Am 1996 No 7, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 5 | Am 2011 No 41, Sch 5.10 [1[#93]; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.28[1[#93]. |
| Sec 7 | Am 2001 No 56, Sch 2.22. |
| Sec 9 | Subst 1996 No 7, Sch 1 [2[#93]. Am 1998 No 143, Sch 6.11 [1[#93]; 2013 No 51, Sch 7.22 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 11 | Am 1998 No 143, Sch 6.11 [2[#93]-[5[#93]; 2008 No 112, Sch 6.14 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2013 No 51, Sch 7.22 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.46 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 12 | Am 1996 No 7, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 15A | Ins 2015 No 27, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 16 | Am 2014 No 88, Sch 2.30. |
| Part 2, Div 5 (secs 19A-19I) | Ins 2018 No 51, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 20 | Am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.19 [1[#93]; 2010 No 57, Sch 1.12 [1[#93]-[3[#93]. |
| Sec 26 | Am 1996 No 7, Sch 1 [4[#93] [5[#93]. |
| Sec 27 | Am 1996 No 7, Sch 1 [6[#93] [7[#93]; 2017 No 25, Sch 2.6 [1[#93]-[3[#93]. |
| Sec 32 | Am 1996 No 7, Sch 1 [8[#93] [9[#93]; 1998 No 143, Sch 6.11 [6[#93]; 2013 No 51, Sch 7.22 [1[#93]; 2018 No 51, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 32A | Ins 1994 No 44, Sch 19. Am 2016 No 13, Sch 2.4 [1[#93]-[6[#93]. |
| Sec 36 | Subst 2017 No 22, Sch 3.36. |
| Sec 37 | Am 2007 No 94, Sch 4; 2018 No 51, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Part 6, heading | Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 5.18. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.82 [1[#93]. |
| Part 6 | Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 5.18. |
| Sec 38 | Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 5.18. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.82 [2[#93] [3[#93]. |
| Sec 39 | Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 5.18. Am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.19 [2[#93] [3[#93]. Subst 2000 No 53, Sch 1.12. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.82 [4[#93] [5[#93]. |
| Sec 40 | Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 5.18. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.82 [6[#93]. |
| Sec 41 | Am 1995 No 101, Sch 6.4; 1996 No 7, Sch 1 [10[#93]; 1996 No 58, Sch 2.4 [1[#93]; 2006 No 120, Sch 2.39 [1[#93]; 2018 No 25, Sch 3.9 [1[#93] [2[#93]. |
| Sec 43 | Am 1997 No 119, Sch 2.10; 2011 No 41, Sch 5.10 [1[#93]; 2013 No 19, Sch 4.32 [1[#93]; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.28[2[#93]. |
| Sec 46 | Subst 1998 No 143, Sch 6.11 [7[#93]. Am 2013 No 51, Sch 7.22 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 47 | Am 2006 No 120, Sch 2.39 [2[#93]. |
| Secs 53, 54 | Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4. |
| Sch 1 | Am 1996 No 7, Sch 1 [11[#93]-[13[#93]; 1998 No 143, Sch 6.11 [8[#93]; 2015 No 27, Sch 1 [2[#93] [3[#93]. |
| Dictionary, heading | Am 1999 No 31, Sch 5.47. |
| Dictionary | Am 1994 No 32, Sch 1; 1995 No 13, Sch 4.11 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 1995 No 16, Sch 2.10; 1996 No 7, Sch 1 [14[#93] [15[#93]; 1996 No 58, Sch 2.4 [2[#93]; 1998 No 143, Sch 6.11 [9[#93]-[11[#93]; 1998 No 170, Schs 3.5 [1[#93] [2[#93], 4.3 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 1999 No 19, Sch 2.15; 1999 No 77, Sch 4.2 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2000 No 53, Sch 2.9; 2001 No 57, Sch 7.2 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2003 No 82, Sch 1.15 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2003 No 96, Sch 3.6 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2005 No 11, Sch 3.16; 2006 No 58, Sch 2.24; 2006 No 84, Sch 2.4 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2006 No 92, Sch 5.2; 2006 No 120, Sch 2.39 [1[#93]; 2008 No 112, Sch 6.14 [3[#93]; 2011 No 41, Sch 5.10 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2012 No 96, Sch 4.14 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2013 No 19, Sch 4.32 [2[#93]; 2013 No 47, Sch 1.16; 2013 No 51, Sch 7.22 [5[#93] [6[#93]; 2014 No 74, Sch 3.12 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.46 [2[#93]; 2015 No 27, Sch 1 [4[#93] [5[#93]; 2017 No 12, Schs 1.8[1[#93] [2[#93], 2.3[1[#93] [2[#93]; 2017 No 17, Sch 2.8 [1[#93]-[5[#93]; 2018 No 18, Sch 2.9 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2018 No 40, Sch 3.5; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.28[3[#93]-[5[#93]. |
| Notes | Am 2015 No 27, Sch 1 [6[#93]; 2018 No 51, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |