Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Discharge and miscellaneous orders: Confiscation of motor vehicles
137CSale of motor vehicle surrendered or recovered under section 137B
As soon as practicable after a motor vehicle is delivered into a Registrar’s custody under section 137B, the Registrar must arrange for the sale of the motor vehicle, and sections 137(1), (2), (5), and (7), 137A, and 137B apply to that sale with any necessary modifications.
The proceeds of the sale must be applied in the following manner and order of priority:
- in payment of the costs of the sale (including all costs incurred in recovering the motor vehicle, and towing and storing the vehicle):
- in payment of the purchase price to the purchaser to whom the motor vehicle was sold under section 137:
- in payment of any unsatisfied amounts described in section 137(3) in accordance with that section and with all necessary modifications.
Notes
- Section 137C: inserted, on , by section 16 of the Sentencing (Vehicle Confiscation) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 37).
- Section 137C(1): amended, on , by section 29 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 47).


