85Seizure of unlawfully imported motor vehicles

85 Seizure of unlawfully imported motor vehicles

85 Seizure of unlawfully imported motor vehicles

(1) The Board may direct the person in charge of a motor vehicle that has been brought onto the Island without the Board’s approval to remove the vehicle from the Island.

(2) A person to whom such a direction is given must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the direction.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) If the person, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the direction, the Board may seize the motor vehicle and cause it to be removed from the Island.

(4) The Board may recover the reasonable cost of removal from the person as a debt.

(5) In this clause, person in charge, in relation to a motor vehicle, means—

(a) the person for the time being having control of the motor vehicle, or

(b) if no person has control of the motor vehicle for the time being—the person for the time being entitled to possession of the motor vehicle, whether as owner, lessee, licensee or otherwise.