94Shopping trolleys

94 Shopping trolleys (1) A person who leaves a shopping trolley in a public place commits an offence. (3) An authorised person may remove and impound a shopping trolley left unattended in a public place and is, within 7 days after the removal and impoundment, to: (a) serve on the owner a notice in writing of the impoundment and place of impoundment; or (b) if the owner cannot be found or the owner's name cannot be ascertained, certify to the CEO the reason for failure to serve a notice referred to in paragraph (a) (which is prima facie evidence of the matters contained in it). (4) After the expiration of 28 days after the impoundment, the CEO is to cause notice of the impoundment to be published in a newspaper circulating in the municipality and, if the owner of the trolley does not respond within 7 days after publication, is to publish the notice a second time. (5) If the owner of the trolley has not, within 28 days after service of a notice under clause (3)(a) or the later of the publications under clause (4), paid to the council all expenses relating to the removal, custody and reasonable maintenance of the trolley, the council may advertise for sale and sell the trolley or, if it is not convenient to sell the trolley, dispose of it.

Katherine Town Council By-laws 1998 54 (6) Any proceeds of the sale of a shopping trolley are to be applied in payment of: (a) costs incurred by the council in the sale; and (b) costs of removal, custody and reasonable maintenance before the sale or disposal of the shopping trolley, and the balance, if any, is to be paid to the owner at the time of the removal and impoundment. (7) If any money remains unclaimed by the owner, or by a person acting on behalf of the owner, of a shopping trolley sold under clause (5) after the expiration of a period of 6 months commencing on the date of the sale, the money is to be paid into the council's general fund.