sec.6Impounding notices generally

sec.6 Impounding notices generally

An impounding notice for a motor vehicle that has been impounded must state the following information— that the owner of the motor vehicle may be required to produce satisfactory evidence of the ownership of the motor vehicle before the motor vehicle may be recovered; that the driver of the motor vehicle, if the driver is an adult, will be required to pay the costs of removing or keeping the motor vehicle; that the court may, if the driver of the motor vehicle is a child who is found guilty of the offence for which the motor vehicle was impounded, order the child or the child’s parent or guardian to pay the costs of removing or keeping the motor vehicle; that the owner of the motor vehicle, if the owner was the driver of the motor vehicle when it was impounded and fails to recover the motor vehicle after the period of impounding ends, will be required to pay the costs of keeping the motor vehicle for each day after the period of impounding ends, whether or not the owner is found guilty of the offence for which the motor vehicle was impounded; that the owner of the motor vehicle, if the owner was not the driver of the motor vehicle when it was impounded and fails to recover the motor vehicle after the period of impounding ends, will be required to pay the costs of keeping the motor vehicle for each day after the period of impoundment ends that is more than 2 business days after the owner is given the impounding notice; the penalty for unlawfully removing the motor vehicle from the place at which it is held; the meaning of ‘found guilty of an offence’ under schedule 6 of the Act , definition found guilty .

• (a) that the owner of the motor vehicle may be required to produce satisfactory evidence of the ownership of the motor vehicle before the motor vehicle may be recovered;
• (b) that the driver of the motor vehicle, if the driver is an adult, will be required to pay the costs of removing or keeping the motor vehicle;
• (c) that the court may, if the driver of the motor vehicle is a child who is found guilty of the offence for which the motor vehicle was impounded, order the child or the child’s parent or guardian to pay the costs of removing or keeping the motor vehicle;
• (d) that the owner of the motor vehicle, if the owner was the driver of the motor vehicle when it was impounded and fails to recover the motor vehicle after the period of impounding ends, will be required to pay the costs of keeping the motor vehicle for each day after the period of impounding ends, whether or not the owner is found guilty of the offence for which the motor vehicle was impounded;
• (e) that the owner of the motor vehicle, if the owner was not the driver of the motor vehicle when it was impounded and fails to recover the motor vehicle after the period of impounding ends, will be required to pay the costs of keeping the motor vehicle for each day after the period of impoundment ends that is more than 2 business days after the owner is given the impounding notice;