Thanks, anyone have a good cut and paste response to these updates.
increasing the sanction for the type 1 vehicle impoundment scheme to 90 days impoundment for the first offence and forfeiture for the second offence;
including “evade police” offences and “high end speeding” (>40 km/hr above the speed limit) as type 1 and type 2 vehicle related offences respectively;
increasing type 2 impoundment sanctions to 7 days for the second type 2 vehicle related offence, 90 days for the third type 2 vehicle related offence and forfeiture for any subsequent type 2 vehicle related offence;
increasing the relevant period for vehicle impoundment offences from 3 to 5 years;
amending the definition of ‘burnout’;
allowing proceedings to commence, where applicable, by Traffic Infringement Notice (TIN), rather than having to proceed by way of a Notice to Appear or arrest;
amending the impoundment and forfeiture processes to operate automatically rather than through court applications;
removing the requirement that repeat offences under the type 2 vehicle impoundment scheme must be the same type as the ‘pre-impoundment offence’;
allowing additional methods of impoundment including tow and store, immobilisation, clamping, crushing, removal of registration plates and the use of vehicle production notices;
allowing certain people to apply to the Commissioner for the release of impounded vehicles and to allow these applications to be appealable to a Magistrates Court;
allowing the early return of a vehicle where specific offences that created the impoundment have been remedied (e.g., payment of registration and insurance fees and obtaining a driver’s licence); and
other technical and minor drafting amendments.