Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If a responsible
person who is given a surrender alternative vehicle notice under section 79BCD
surrenders the alternative 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 alternative vehicle notice under section 79BCD
fails to surrender the alternative 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
alternative 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 alternative vehicle notice under section 79BCD 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 alternative vehicle notice under section 79BCD 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 79BCE inserted: No. 20 of 2010 s. 6;
amended: No. 8 of 2012 s. 37; No. 51 of 2016 s. 28.]