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HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 177
Removal and detention of illegally parked or abandoned vehicles
177 Removal and detention of illegally parked or abandoned vehicles
(1) An authorised person may seize and remove a vehicle that the authorised
person believes on reasonable grounds— (a) is parked in contravention of a
regulatory notice; or
(b) is abandoned.
(2) The vehicle must be held at a
safe place.
(3) An authorised person may exercise the powers on the grounds
mentioned in subsection (1) (a) only if— (a) the authorised person believes
on reasonable grounds that it is necessary or desirable to seize and remove
the vehicle having regard to the safety and convenience of traffic on
health services land; and
(b) the authorised person— (i) can not
immediately locate the driver of the vehicle; or
(ii) believes on reasonable
grounds that the driver of the vehicle is not willing or able to remove the
vehicle immediately.
(4) As soon as is practicable and no later than 14 days
after the vehicle is seized, a health service chief executive must give to the
owner of the vehicle a written notice stating how the owner may recover the
vehicle.
(5) If the owner can not be ascertained or located within 14 days
after the vehicle is seized, the notice may be given by publishing it in a
newspaper circulating generally in the State.
(6) If the vehicle was parked
in contravention of a regulatory notice, the owner of the vehicle must pay to
the relevant Service the cost of seizing, removing, holding and returning the
vehicle.
(7) In this section—
"vehicle" includes a part of the vehicle and anything attached to, or
contained in, the vehicle.
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