Clause 10

in subsection (8), after “section 131A”, insert “and, if applicable, instruct the owner to take delivery of the vehicle or trailer within the period specified in the notice (called in this section the collection period)”;

replace subsection (9) with —“(8A) The collection period specified in the notice mentioned in subsection (8) must be at least 48 hours after the date of service of the notice.(9) If the owner mentioned in subsection (8) has claimed the vehicle or trailer within the collection period but fails to take delivery of the vehicle or trailer before the expiry of the collection period, the owner must, before the release of that vehicle or trailer, pay to the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Registrar (as the case may be) the prescribed storage charge for the expenses incurred by the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Registrar in storing the vehicle or trailer during the period starting on the day immediately after the expiry of the collection period and ending on the day the vehicle or trailer is released.(9A) Despite subsection (9), if the owner mentioned in subsection (8) fails to take delivery of the vehicle or trailer within the collection period, the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Registrar may, after one month from the expiry of the collection period, sell by public auction or otherwise dispose of the vehicle or trailer.(9B) If the owner of a vehicle or trailer detained under this section is unknown or cannot be found, and at the end of 30 days after the date of its detention, no claim to the vehicle or trailer has been made to the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Registrar, the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Registrar may, after giving one month’s notice in the Gazette of his or her intention to do so, sell by public auction or otherwise dispose of the vehicle or trailer.”; and

after subsection (10), insert —“(11) To avoid doubt, a reference in subsections (8) and (9B) to any vehicle or trailer detained under this section includes any vehicle or trailer that is detained before the date of commencement of section 10 of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2024.”.