251ASale of lost property found in or on public transport property

251A Sale of lost property found in or on public transport property (1) A person who finds lost property in or on any public transport property of a passenger transport company must deliver the lost property to that passenger transport company. (2) A passenger transport company may sell or dispose of— (a) any lost property which is not claimed and removed by the owner or the person in charge of the lost property; or (b) any goods left on a passenger transport company's premises, after a reasonable attempt has been made to contact the owner or person to whom the goods were consigned. (3) A passenger transport company may sell or dispose of— (a) any goods or lost property likely to deteriorate immediately; and (b) all other goods or lost property after the expiry of 60 days from the date the lost property was found or the goods were not claimed. (4) If goods or lost property are sold by a passenger transport company under this section, the passenger transport company may deduct from the proceeds of the sale the expenses of the sale and any amounts for freight, storage and other charges. S. 251A(5) amended by No. 44/2008 s. 115. (5) The balance of the proceeds of the sale under this section of any goods or lost property, after deduction of any amounts authorised by subsection (4) to be deducted from those proceeds, must be dealt with as unclaimed money in accordance with Part 3 of the **Unclaimed Money Act 2008**. (6) A purchaser of goods or lost property sold under this section has good title in relation to those goods or lost property. (7) In this section— ***goods*** means any goods delivered to a passenger transport company to be carried as freight and which are not claimed and removed by or on behalf of the owner or the person to whom the goods were consigned; S. 251A(7) def. of *lost property* amended by Nos 37/2002 s. 51(2), 39/2018 s. 58(1). ***lost property*** means any thing that appears to have been accidentally or deliberately abandoned by the owner or person in charge of it in or on any public transport property of a passenger transport company but does not include litter within the meaning of the **Environment Protection Act 2017**. S. 251B inserted by No. 45/1999 s. 34.