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ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 84PB

Relocation of immobilised motor vehicle by Victoria Police

S. 84PB(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.39).

    (1)     A police officer or an authorised person may enter and move an immobilised motor vehicle to another location and immobilise the motor vehicle at the new location if—

        (a)     the motor vehicle has been left in a location where—

              (i)     it is detracting from public amenity; or

              (ii)     it is posing a safety risk; or

              (iii)     it is interfering with traffic flow; or

S. 84PB(1)(b) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.39).

        (b)     since being immobilised, the motor vehicle has been moved by a person other than a police officer or an authorised person without the authorisation of the Chief Commissioner of Police.

S. 84PB(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.39).

    (2)     As soon as practicable after a motor vehicle has been moved under subsection (1), the police officer or authorised person who moved the motor vehicle must notify the registered operator in writing of the location to which it has been moved.

S. 84PB(3) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.39).

    (3)     A police officer or an authorised person may enter and move an immobilised motor vehicle, or arrange for the motor vehicle to be moved, to another location for the purpose of the sale or disposal of the motor vehicle under section 84ZQAB.

    (4)     For the purpose of entering and moving a motor vehicle under this section—

S. 84PB(4)(a) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.39).

        (a)     a police officer has, and may exercise, the same powers to search for and seize the motor vehicle and other powers as are specified under sections 84G(1) and (3), 84GA, 84GB and  84I; and

        (b)     an authorised person has, and may exercise, the same powers to search for and seize the motor vehicle and other powers as are specified under sections 84G(1), (3)(b) and (3)(d) and  84I.

    (5)     For the purposes of subsection (4), the exercise of a power that is the same as a power under section 84G(1) is not subject to the time limits applied by section 84G(2).

S. 84Q inserted by No. 93/2005 s. 4.



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