31Receipt for seized things

31 Receipt for seized things

(1) After a transport safety officer seizes a thing under this Part, the officer must give a receipt for it to the person from whom the thing was seized or the owner of the thing.

(2) However, if for any reason it is not practicable to comply with subsection (1), the transport safety officer must leave the receipt in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way—

(a) at the place of seizure; or

S. 31(2)(b) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 39.

(b) if the thing was seized from a bus or vessel, on the bus or vessel.

(3) The receipt must describe generally the thing seized and its condition.

(4) This section does not apply if it would be impracticable or unreasonable to expect the transport safety officer to account for the thing, given its condition, nature and value.