TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 51M Immediate disposal in particular circumstances

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 51M

51M Immediate disposal in particular circumstances

(1) Despite any other provision of this part, the chief executive may dispose of a removed thing other than a vehicle when and in the way the chief executive considers appropriate if—

(a) the chief executive reasonably believes the removed thing has been abandoned; or

(b) the proceeds of any sale of the removed thing are unlikely to cover—

(i) the moving expenses for the removed thing; and

(ii) the expenses likely to be incurred by the chief executive in selling the removed thing; or

(c) it is otherwise impracticable to retain the removed thing.

Example—

The chief executive may immediately dispose of gravel spilled on a road by a passing truck by having it bulldozed off the side of the road.

(2) In this section—


"removed thing other than a vehicle" see section 51J (5) .