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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 80Q

80Q .         Consequences of surrender notice

        (1)         If a responsible person for a motor cycle who is given a surrender notice surrenders the motor cycle according to the notice, the motor cycle must be impounded for a period that commences at the time when the motor cycle is surrendered.

        (2)         If a responsible person for a motor cycle who is given a surrender notice fails to surrender the motor cycle according to the notice, the motor cycle must be impounded for a period that commences at the time when a police officer takes possession of the motor cycle for the purpose of impounding it.

        (3)         A person who is given a surrender notice in relation to a motor cycle commits an offence if the person fails to comply with the notice.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of 50 PU.

        (4)         A person who is given a surrender notice in relation to a motor cycle commits an offence if, without the authority of a court order, the person —

            (a)         disposes of an interest that the person has in the motor cycle; 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 motor cycle.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of 50 PU.

        [Section 80Q inserted: No. 51 of 2016 s. 45.]



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