New South Wales Consolidated Acts

IMPOUNDING ACT 1993 - SECT 6

6 Areas in which impounding officers can impound

(1) An impounding officer may impound something under this Act only in the area of operations of the impounding officer.

(2) This Act does not confer power on an impounding officer to enter a place that the officer could not otherwise lawfully enter.

(3) Nothing in this Act prevents an impounding officer from entering private land at the invitation of the occupier, so long as it is within his or her “area of operations”.

Note: See the definition of "area of operations" in the Dictionary for the areas in which impounding officers can impound.