13Prohibition on car minding

13 Prohibition on car minding

13 Prohibition on car minding

(1) The Commissioner of Police may, by written notice served on a person, prohibit the person from—

(a) parking, minding, caring for, or taking charge of a motor vehicle or trailer on a road, other than a motor vehicle or trailer of which the person is the driver, or

(b) offering the person’s services for a purpose referred to in paragraph (a).

(2) A person on whom a notice has been served must comply with the notice.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) This section does not authorise the Commissioner of Police to prohibit the proprietor of a parking station or parking area from—

(a) parking, minding, caring for, or taking charge of a motor vehicle or trailer in or on a parking station or parking area, or

(b) offering the proprietor’s services for a purpose referred to in paragraph (a).

(4) Subsection (3) extends to the following—

(a) the display or publication of an advertisement for the parking station or parking area,

(b) the offer or performance of the services by the proprietor or by an employee of the proprietor.