48Offer for sale of impounded vehicles or vehicles forfeited to the Crown

48 Offer for sale of impounded vehicles or vehicles forfeited to the Crown

48 Offer for sale of impounded vehicles or vehicles forfeited to the Crown

(1) For the purposes of the Act, section 252, a vehicle may be offered for sale if the vehicle—

(a) has remained impounded for 28 days after the service of notices referred to in section 47(4), or

(b) has been forfeited to the Crown under the Act, section 243 or 245.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a vehicle may not be offered for sale—

(a) while an application under the Act, section 249, or subsequent proceedings arising out of the application, are pending, or

(b) contrary to the order of a court.