Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROADS AND PUBLIC PLACES AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO. 13 OF 2009) - SECT 12F

A person commits an offence if––

        (a)     the person is given a notice under section 12EA (2) or section 12EA (4) about a vehicle in a retention area; and

        (b)     the person is not an owner of the vehicle; and

        (c)     the person fails to tell the chief executive, within 7 days after the day the notice is given to the person––

              (i)     that the person is not an owner of the vehicle; and

              (ii)     the name and address of anyone the person believes is an owner of the vehicle.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

8     Disposal of items removed under sections 12E and 12G
Section 12H

omit

Minister

substitute

chief executive

9     New section 12H (2)

insert

    (2)     However, a vehicle placed in a retention area under section 12E (3) is taken to be uncollected goods under the Uncollected Goods Act 1996 only if the vehicle has not been collected within the period ending––

        (a)     if a copy of a notice is given to a person under section 12EA (4)—7 days after the day the notice is given under section 12EA (4); or

        (b)     in any other case––7 days after the day a notice is given under section 12EA (2).

10     Dictionary, definition of owner

substitute

owner––

        (a)     of land, means the lessee of the land; and

        (b)     of a vehicle, includes anyone who has a legal right to move the vehicle.

11     Dictionary, new definition of registered operator

insert

"registered operator"––see the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999 , dictionary.

Note     A reference to the registered operator includes each registered operator (see Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999 , s 29).