sec.9Immobilising notices

sec.9 Immobilising notices

An immobilising notice for a motor vehicle that has been immobilised 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 if the motor vehicle is immobilised by the removal and confiscation of the vehicle’s number plates, the person entitled to possession of the number plates may be required to produce satisfactory evidence of the entitlement before the number plates are returned; 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 immobilised, order the child or the child’s parent or guardian to pay the costs of removing or keeping the motor vehicle; the penalties for unlawfully operating a motor vehicle— during a number plate confiscation period applying to the vehicle; or if an immobilising device attached to the vehicle is unlawfully removed, tampered with or modified; the penalties for removing, tampering with or modifying— a number plate confiscation notice attached to a motor vehicle; or an immobilising device attached to a motor vehicle; 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 if the motor vehicle is immobilised by the removal and confiscation of the vehicle’s number plates, the person entitled to possession of the number plates may be required to produce satisfactory evidence of the entitlement before the number plates are returned;
• (c) 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;
• (d) 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 immobilised, order the child or the child’s parent or guardian to pay the costs of removing or keeping the motor vehicle;
• (e) the penalties for unlawfully operating a motor vehicle— (i) during a number plate confiscation period applying to the vehicle; or (ii) if an immobilising device attached to the vehicle is unlawfully removed, tampered with or modified;
• (i) during a number plate confiscation period applying to the vehicle; or
• (ii) if an immobilising device attached to the vehicle is unlawfully removed, tampered with or modified;
• (f) the penalties for removing, tampering with or modifying— (i) a number plate confiscation notice attached to a motor vehicle; or (ii) an immobilising device attached to a motor vehicle;