ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 79BCB
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 79BCB
79BCB . Consequences of surrender substitute vehicle notice
(1) If a responsible
person who is given a surrender substitute vehicle notice under section 79BCA
surrenders the substitute vehicle specified in the notice according to the
notice, the vehicle must be impounded for a period that commences at the time
when the vehicle is surrendered.
(2) If a responsible
person who is given a surrender substitute vehicle notice under section 79BCA
fails to surrender the substitute vehicle specified in the notice according to
the notice, the vehicle must be impounded for a period that commences at the
time when a police officer takes possession of the vehicle for the purpose of
impounding it.
(3) An impounding
period the length of which is specified as 28 days or 3 months in a surrender
substitute vehicle notice includes the part of the day on which the vehicle is
impounded that is after the impounding occurred even though including that
part of the day makes the period more than 28 days or 3 months, as the case
requires.
(4) The period for
which a vehicle is impounded under subsection (1) or (2) ends when the
impounding period has passed since the end of the day on which the vehicle was
impounded.
(5) A person who is
given a surrender substitute vehicle notice under section 79BCA in relation to
a vehicle commits an offence if the person fails to comply with the notice.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of 50 PU.
(6) A person who is
given a surrender substitute vehicle notice under section 79BCA in relation to
a vehicle commits an offence if, without the authority of a court order, the
person —
(a)
disposes of an interest that the person has in the vehicle; or
(b) does
anything, or causes or permits another person to do anything, that results or
will result in a reduction in the value of the vehicle.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of 50 PU.
[Section 79BCB inserted: No. 20 of 2010 s. 6;
amended: No. 8 of 2012 s. 37; No. 51 of 2016 s. 25.]