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Road Safety Act 1986
84IImpoundment or immobilisation of a motor vehicle
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84I Impoundment or immobilisation of a motor vehicle
If a motor vehicle is seized or surrendered in accordance with section 84G or 84H, a police officer may—
(a) move, or cause to be moved, the motor vehicle to a holding yard by any reasonable and appropriate means and impound it there for the balance of the designated period; or
S. 84I(b) amended by No. 76/2010 s. 10.
(b) cause the motor vehicle to be immobilised (whether by wheel clamps, a steering wheel lock or any other means) for the balance of the designated period—
and may do anything else reasonably necessary to impound or immobilise the motor vehicle.
S. 84J inserted by No. 93/2005 s. 4, amended by Nos 50/2012 s. 9(1), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.35).