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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.112Liability to pay costs of impounding or immobilisation—adult driver
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### sec.112 Liability to pay costs of impounding or immobilisation—adult driver
This section applies in relation to a motor vehicle impounded or immobilised for a prescribed offence or a motorbike noise direction offence if the driver of the motor vehicle was an adult when the driver committed the offence for which it was impounded or immobilised.
The driver of the motor vehicle is liable to pay the costs of removing or keeping the motor vehicle.
If the driver is found guilty of the prescribed offence or motorbike noise direction offence, any costs paid by someone else on the driver’s behalf become a debt payable to the other person by the driver.
s 112 ins 2005 No. 64 s 11
amd 2006 No. 57 s 35 ; 2013 No. 15 s 64 ; 2024 No. 24 s 57 sch 1 pt 2
(sec.112-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a motor vehicle impounded or immobilised for a prescribed offence or a motorbike noise direction offence if the driver of the motor vehicle was an adult when the driver committed the offence for which it was impounded or immobilised.
(sec.112-ssec.2) The driver of the motor vehicle is liable to pay the costs of removing or keeping the motor vehicle.
(sec.112-ssec.3) If the driver is found guilty of the prescribed offence or motorbike noise direction offence, any costs paid by someone else on the driver’s behalf become a debt payable to the other person by the driver.