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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 105E

105E .         Motor vehicles not to be detained

        (1)         A person must not detain a parked motor vehicle by —

            (a)         failing to release the vehicle on demand to a relevant person for the vehicle; or

            (b)         refusing to release the vehicle unless a relevant person for the vehicle makes any payment for or in relation to the release.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of 100 PU.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply if the vehicle is detained —

            (a)         by, or with the consent of, a relevant person for the vehicle; or

            (b)         in the exercise of authorised enforcement action; or

            (c)         in the exercise of a security power; or

            (d)         under and in accordance with a written law; or

            (e)         in the exercise of a right under a parking agreement, where —

                  (i)         the vehicle is parked in a parking facility; and

                  (ii)         the means of detention is the permanent infrastructure controlling entry to, or exit from, the parking facility; and

                  (iii)         under the parking agreement, the payment of a fee is a condition of the vehicle being allowed to leave the parking facility;

                or

            (f)         in circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

        [Section 105E inserted: No. 38 of 2020 s. 5.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 38 of 2020 s. 5.]



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