ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 80I

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 80I

80I .         Storage expenses after impounding period ends

        (1A)         If a vehicle is impounded under Subdivision 2 or on an impounding order and a person is convicted of the offence for which the vehicle was impounded, that person is liable to pay to the Commissioner an amount specified by the Commissioner as being equivalent to all reasonable expenses of the Commissioner in storing the vehicle after the impounding period ends (the post-impoundment expenses ).

        (1)         The Commissioner may refuse to release a vehicle impounded under Subdivision 2 or on an impounding order until the Commissioner is paid the post-impoundment expenses for the vehicle.

        (2A)         If the vehicle impounded under Subdivision 2 is a substitute vehicle impounded under section 79BCB, the post-impoundment expenses are both the expenses incurred in storing the substitute vehicle and any unpaid expenses incurred in storing the initially impounded vehicle (as defined in section 79BCA(1)).

        (2)         The post-impoundment expenses are not to include the costs of storing the vehicle for any 24 hour period during which the place where the vehicle is stored is not open to the public.

        [Section 80I inserted: No. 10 of 2004 s. 13; amended: No. 4 of 2007 s. 22; No. 24 of 2008 s. 23 and 25; No. 23 of 2009 s. 23; No. 20 of 2010 s. 13; No. 51 of 2016 s. 39.]