sec.63Notice of damage

### sec.63 Notice of damage This section applies if— an authorised officer damages anything when exercising or purporting to exercise a power under a transport Act; or a person acting under the direction or authorisation of an authorised officer damages anything. The officer must promptly give written notice of particulars of the damage to the following person— if the thing is a vehicle that has a registered operator—the registered operator; if the thing is anything else—the person who appears to be its owner. If the officer believes the damage was caused by a latent defect in the thing or circumstances beyond the officer’s control, the officer may state it in the notice. If, for any reason, it is not practicable to comply with subsection (2) , the officer must leave the notice where the damage happened, in a reasonably secure way and in a conspicuous position. This section does not apply to damage the officer reasonably believes is trivial. In this section— transport Act does not include the Tow Truck Act 2023 . s 63 amd 2000 No. 6 s 78 sch amdt 6; 2007 No. 43 s 33 sch ; 2023 No. 28 s 205 (sec.63-ssec.1) This section applies if— an authorised officer damages anything when exercising or purporting to exercise a power under a transport Act; or a person acting under the direction or authorisation of an authorised officer damages anything. (sec.63-ssec.2) The officer must promptly give written notice of particulars of the damage to the following person— if the thing is a vehicle that has a registered operator—the registered operator; if the thing is anything else—the person who appears to be its owner. (sec.63-ssec.3) If the officer believes the damage was caused by a latent defect in the thing or circumstances beyond the officer’s control, the officer may state it in the notice. (sec.63-ssec.4) If, for any reason, it is not practicable to comply with subsection (2) , the officer must leave the notice where the damage happened, in a reasonably secure way and in a conspicuous position. (sec.63-ssec.5) This section does not apply to damage the officer reasonably believes is trivial. (sec.63-ssec.6) In this section— transport Act does not include the Tow Truck Act 2023 . - (a) an authorised officer damages anything when exercising or purporting to exercise a power under a transport Act; or - (b) a person acting under the direction or authorisation of an authorised officer damages anything. - (a) if the thing is a vehicle that has a registered operator—the registered operator; - (b) if the thing is anything else—the person who appears to be its owner.