3Notice of impounding

3 Notice of impounding

3 Notice of impounding

(1) Where a motor vehicle, part of a motor vehicle or any goods on a motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle seized under section 5 (1) of the Act is or are impounded under section 5 (3) of the Act, the Commissioner of Police must cause notice to be given or published in accordance with this clause.

(2) If the name and address of the owner of the vehicle or part of the vehicle are recorded at the office of the Roads and Traffic Authority in respect of the registration (if any) of the vehicle or part of the vehicle, notice must be sent, within a period of 14 days after the seizure, to that owner advising particulars of the time, date and place of the seizure and the place where the vehicle or part of the vehicle is impounded.

(3) If the name and address of the owner of the vehicle or part of the vehicle are not so recorded or in the case of seizure of any goods on a vehicle or part of a vehicle:

(a) notice must be sent, within a period of 14 days after the seizure, to the owner of the vehicle or part of the vehicle, or to the owner of the goods, if the owner can, after reasonable inquiry, be located, advising particulars of the time, date and place of the seizure and the place where the vehicle, part of the vehicle or goods is or are impounded, or

(b) if the owner of the vehicle or part of the vehicle or of the goods cannot, after reasonable inquiry, be located, a notice setting out the particulars of the time, date and place of the seizure and the place where the vehicle, part of the vehicle or goods is or are impounded must be published in a daily newspaper published in Sydney and circulating generally throughout New South Wales.