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ROAD OBSTRUCTIONS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1979 - SECT 5
Removal of a motor vehicle obstructing a public road
(1) Where a motor vehicle to which a notice is affixed in accordance with
section 4 (1) is not moved in accordance with the directions contained, and
within the time specified, in the notice, the Commissioner or that
authorised officer may seize and take charge of the motor vehicle and cause it
or any part of it: (a) to be moved to such place as may be determined by the
Commissioner or authorised officer, as the case may be, or
(b) to be
modified, dismantled, unloaded, interfered with or replaced in any manner
considered necessary by the Commissioner or authorised officer to enable the
motor vehicle or any part thereof to be moved to such place as may be so
determined,
or may cause any combination of those things to be done or, where
the Commissioner or authorised officer is of the opinion that it is not
practicable to do any of those things, may cause the motor vehicle or any part
of it to be destroyed.
(2) For the purpose of exercising the powers conferred
by subsection (1), the Commissioner or an authorised officer may take
possession of any land, whether or not it is privately owned.
(3) Any
motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle moved to a place in accordance with
subsection (1) may, subject to the regulations, be impounded at that place or
may be moved to and impounded at any other place determined by the
Commissioner or an authorised officer.
(4) A motor vehicle that may be moved
under subsection (1) or (3) may be moved by its being driven, whether or not
under power, by its being towed or pushed, whether forwards, backwards or in
any other direction, or in any other manner whatsoever.
(5) A person who
obstructs, hinders, assaults or resists another person engaged in doing any
thing pursuant to the purported exercise of the powers conferred on the
Commissioner or an authorised officer by subsection (1) or pursuant to
subsection (3) is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 6 months.
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