Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Within 14 days after the removal of a vehicle from the mall area under section 16(3)(a), the town clerk must, unless possession of the vehicle has already been delivered under section 16B, give written notice of the vehicle's removal.
(2) The notice must be given--
(a) if the operator of the vehicle can be identified--
(i) if practicable, personally or by post to the operator; or
(ii) if subparagraph (i) does not apply--by advertising it in a newspaper circulating in the city; or
(b) if the operator of the vehicle can not be identified--by advertising it in a newspaper circulating in the city.
(3) However, subsection (2)(b) does not apply if the cost of giving the notice is more than the value of the vehicle.
(4) The notice must state each of the following--
(a) a description of the vehicle;
(b) the date, time and place the vehicle was removed;
(c) where the vehicle is kept;
(d) how the operator or a person entitled to possession of the vehicle may obtain possession of it;
(e) that the vehicle may be sold if the operator or a person entitled to possession of the vehicle does not obtain possession of it within 28 days after the date the notice is given.