IMPOUNDING ACT 1993 - SECT 17 Impounded article to be delivered to pound

IMPOUNDING ACT 1993 - SECT 17

17 Impounded article to be delivered to pound

(1) An impounding officer must have an impounded article delivered to a pound as soon as practicable after it is impounded. The pound to be used is the nearest convenient pound (if it is impounded by a police officer) or (if it is impounded by an impounding officer of an impounding authority) the nearest pound operated or used by the authority.

(2) However, an impounded article need not be delivered to a pound if the size, quantity or nature of the article concerned makes its delivery to or storage at a pound impracticable, unreasonably costly or more costly than the value of the article. In such a case, the impounded article may be left where it is impounded.

(3) An impounded motor vehicle need not be taken to a pound if section 18 authorises it to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.