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Traffic Act 1925
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### 41E Seizure of vehicles
> [*\[Section 41E Inserted by No. 40 of 2009, s. 8, Applied:30 Nov 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-11-30/act-2009-040#GS8@EN)
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> > (1) A police officer may seize a vehicle and remove it to a place of safe storage if –
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> > > > (a) it is obstructing access to or from adjacent land; or
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> > > > (b) the officer reasonably believes that it has been abandoned; or
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> > > > (c) the officer reasonably believes that it has been left in a dangerous position; or
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> > > > (d) it has been involved in an accident and the officer reasonably considers that it may need to be examined, or used as evidence, in any proceedings under this Act.
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> > (2) In this section –
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> > > ***adjacent land*** means adjacent land within the meaning of the *Road Rules*.