New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS ACT 1980 - SECT 77C

77C Retention of suspicious goods

(1) An inspector or a police officer who has reasonable grounds to suspect that a motor vehicle, motor vehicle parts or accessories or any other things in the possession of the holder of a licence have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained may, by a notice specifying the things, prohibit the licence holder, or any employee of the licence holder, from altering the form of the things or disposing of them in any other way, or selling them or otherwise parting with possession of them, for a period of 14 days after service of the notice.

(2) The Local Court may, on application by an inspector or police officer, order that the effect of a notice given under this section be extended for a further period of up to 28 days.

(3) More than one application may be made under subsection (2).

(4) A licence holder, or any employee of a licence holder, must not contravene a notice given under this section.

Maximum penalty (subsection (4)): 500 penalty units.