249Circumstances when motor vehicle may be seized and impounded

1. An enforcement officer may seize and impound, or seize and authorise the impoundment of, a motor vehicle if the enforcement officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person has driven the motor vehicle on a road while a notice given under section 248(2) was in force.

2. If a motor vehicle is seized and impounded under subsection (1), the enforcement officer must issue to the driver of the motor vehicle, if present, and to the storage provider, copies of a notice in the form approved by the Registrar for the purpose that—

3. acknowledges that the specified motor vehicle has been seized and impounded; and
4. sets out the following matters (if the particulars are reasonably ascertainable):
   1. the name and address of the driver; and
   2. the electronic address of the driver (if the driver has an electronic address); and
   3. the year and make of the motor vehicle, and the details of its registration plates or vehicle identification number; and
   4. the date and time of the seizure; and
   5. the place where the motor vehicle is, or is to be, impounded; and
   6. an outline of the driver's rights of appeal under section 267.

Notes

• Section 249: inserted, on 1 May 2011, by section 32(7) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 17).
• Section 249(2)(b)(ia): inserted, on 1 March 2024, by section 37 of the Land Transport (Road Safety) Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 62).