Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

TRAFFIC ACT - SECT 29AT

(1) A person must not enter into a transaction relating to a motor vehicle, or remove anything fitted or attached to the vehicle, within 28 days after an impounding determination has been made for the vehicle if:

(a) the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offence to which the determination relates was found guilty of 1 or more prescribed driving offences within 2 years immediately before that time; and

(b) the person knows that:

(i) the driver has been found guilty of 1 or more of the offences within the 2 years; and

(ii) an impounding determination has been made for the vehicle.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year.

(2) A person must not enter into a transaction relating to a motor vehicle, or remove anything fitted or attached to the vehicle, if:

(a) a driver of the vehicle has been charged with, or issued with a summons for, a prescribed driving offence (the relevant offence ); and

(b) the driver was found guilty of a single prescribed driving offence during the 2 years immediately before being charged with the relevant offence; and

(c) the person knows about the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b); and

(d) the person has been notified under section 29AJ(2) of the intention of the Commissioner of Police to apply for an impounding order for the relevant offence.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to any transaction entered into by a credit provider who repossesses or sells the vehicle as mentioned in section 29AO.

(4) A person must not enter into a transaction relating to a motor vehicle, or unlawfully remove anything fitted or attached to the vehicle, if:

(a) a driver of the vehicle is charged with, or issued with a summons for, a prescribed driving offence (the relevant offence ); and

(b) the driver was found guilty of 2 or more prescribed driving offences during the 2 years immediately before being charged with the relevant offence; and

(c) the person knows about the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b); and

(d) the person has been notified under section 29AJ(2) of the intention of the Commissioner of Police to apply for a forfeiture order for the relevant offence.

Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years.

(5) If a motor vehicle is impounded under an impounding determination or impounding order, a person must not:

(a) unlawfully remove the vehicle or anything fitted or attached to the vehicle from the storage place where the vehicle is kept; or

(b) interfere with the vehicle while it is kept at the storage place; or

(c) remove or tamper with any device used to immobilise the vehicle while it is kept at the storage place.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

(6) Subsection (5) does not apply to any of the following:

(a) a credit provider repossessing or selling the vehicle as mentioned in section 29AO;

(b) a person maintaining the vehicle (including, for example, periodically starting the engine of the vehicle);

(c) a person removing personal possessions (other than a thing that is fitted or attached to the vehicle) from the vehicle.

(7) In this section:

transaction , relating to a vehicle, includes but is not limited to:

(a) a sale of all or part of the vehicle; and

(b) the creation of a mortgage or charge in relation to the vehicle.