248Retention of motor vehicle impounded or number-plates confiscated under this Part

248 Retention of motor vehicle impounded or number-plates confiscated under this Part

248 Retention of motor vehicle impounded or number-plates confiscated under this Part

(cf Gen Act, s 221)

(1) The Commissioner of Police is to retain a motor vehicle impounded under section 242 (unless it is sooner released under this Part or in accordance with the statutory rules)—

(a) for a period of 3 months after it was impounded, except as provided by paragraph (b), or

(b) for a period of 6 months after it was impounded if the offending operator is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence and the sanction was imposed in respect of a sanctionable offence committed by the offending operator.

(2) Transport for NSW is to retain number-plates confiscated under section 239 (unless they are sooner released under this Part or in accordance with the statutory rules)—

(a) for a period of 3 months after they were confiscated, except as provided by paragraph (b), or

(b) for a period of 6 months after they were confiscated if the offending operator is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence and the sanction was imposed in respect of a sanctionable offence committed by the offending operator.

(3) This section does not apply in the case of a motor vehicle impounded in the circumstances referred to in section 238(e), except as prescribed by the statutory rules.

s 248: Am 2017 No 46, Sch 1 [20].