Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) After impounding the motor vehicle, the police officer must move the motor vehicle, or arrange for the motor vehicle to be moved, to a holding yard in the way the police officer considers appropriate.
Examples of ways of moving a motor vehicle after it is impounded--
driving, pushing, towing or transporting the motor vehicle
(2) However, if the motor vehicle is a motor vehicle that is being unlawfully used or has been stolen or is a rental motor vehicle--
(a) the motor vehicle must be released to the owner as soon as reasonably practicable; and
(b) an application for an impounding order or a forfeiture order about the motor vehicle must not be made.
(3) In this section--
rental motor vehicle means a motor vehicle made available by a person in the course of a business in which the person rents vehicles to members of the public.