Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 86A

86A .         Member of Police Force or warden may drive vehicle used in offence

                Where a member of the Police Force or warden —

            (a)         has reason to believe that a vehicle has been used in connection with an offence; or

            (b)         has charged a person with an offence an element of which is the use or driving of a vehicle,

                he may drive or convey the vehicle to any police station or other place for safe custody.

        [Section 86A inserted by No. 89 of 1978 s. 15; amended by No. 105 of 1981 s. 19.]

        [Section 86A. Modifications to be applied in order to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: section altered 1 Nov 2009. See endnote 1M.]