Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If a responsible
person who is given a surrender alternative vehicle notice under
section 79BCD surrenders the alternative vehicle specified in the notice
according to the notice, the vehicle is impounded by operation of this
subsection for a period that commences at the time when the vehicle is
surrendered.
(2) If a responsible
person who is given a surrender alternative vehicle notice under
section 79BCD fails to surrender the alternative vehicle specified in the
notice according to the notice, the vehicle is impounded by operation of this
subsection for a period that commences at the time when a member of the Police
Force takes possession of the vehicle for the purpose of impounding it.
(3) An impounding
period the length of which is specified as 28 days or 3 months in a
surrender alternative vehicle notice includes the part of the day on which the
vehicle is impounded that is after the impounding occurred even though
including that part of the day makes the period more than 28 days or
3 months, as the case requires.
(4) The period for
which a vehicle is impounded by operation of subsection (1) or (2) ends
when the impounding period has passed since the end of the day on which the
vehicle was impounded.
(5) A responsible
person who is given a surrender alternative vehicle notice under
section 79BCD commits an offence and is liable to a fine of 50 PU if,
when the alternative vehicle specified in the notice has not been impounded by
operation of subsection (1) or (2) as a consequence of the notice, the
person disposes of an interest that the person has in the vehicle.
[Section 79BCE inserted by No. 20 of 2010
s. 6.]