Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An application for an impounding order in relation to a type 2 vehicle related offence must be heard and decided as soon as practicable after the person to whom the application relates is found guilty of 3 type 2 vehicle related offences committed on 3 occasions within the prescribed period.
(2) An application for a forfeiture order in relation to a vehicle related offence must be heard and decided as soon as practicable after the person to whom the application relates is found guilty of 4 type 2 vehicle related offences committed on 4 occasions within the prescribed period.
(3) However, if, after an application for a forfeiture order in relation to a type 2 vehicle related offence is made—
(a) the person to whom the application relates is found not guilty of 1 of the type 2 vehicle related offences or the proceeding for 1 of the offences is discontinued; and
(b) no motor vehicle has previously been impounded for a type 2 vehicle related offence committed within the relevant period on an application for an impounding order made in relation to that person for an offence to which the application for the forfeiture order relates;
the relevant court may hear and decide the application for the forfeiture order as if it were an application for an impounding order.
(4) An application to which subsection (3) applies is taken, for division 2A, to be an application for an impounding order.