Commis- sioner to notify registered owner of seizure of vehicle.

Vehicles 10 be detained for seven days.

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(5) If a vehicle is seized and removed under paragraph (1) to a place specified in a notice served under paragraph (2) of regulation 41C, the Commis- sioner of Police shall forthwith notify the Commis- sioner in writing of the amount of the expenses of seizure and removal which are payable under sub- paragraph (8) of paragraph (2) of regulation 41H.

41E. If a vehicle is seized and removed under paragraph (1) of regulation 41D to a place specified in a notice served under paragraph (2) of regulation 41C, the Commissioner shall serve forthwith by regis- tered post on the registered owner of the vehicle a notice in writing specifying the date of seizure and the place to which the vehicle has been removed.

41F. (1) Any vehicle which-

(a) is delivered to a place in compliance with a nolice served under paragraph (2) of regula- tion 41C: or

(6) is seized and removed under paragraph (1) of regulation 41D to a place specified in a notice served under paragraph (2) of regula- tion 41C.

shall be detained at such place by the Commissioner for a period of seven days following the date of delivery or seizure, as the case may be, and thereafter until

(i) the registered owner collects the vehicle from such place in accordance with paragraph (2);

or

(ii) the Commissioner sells by public auction or otherwise disposes of the vehicle under para- graph (1) of regulation 411.

(2) The registered owner of a vehicle which is detained under paragraph (1) may collect the vehicle at any time between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on any day, other than a general holiday, after the expiry of the period of seven days following the daic of delivery or seizure, as the case may be, on payment of such fee and storage charges as are payable under paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 41H, unless the Commissioner has sold by public auction or other- wise disposed of the vehicle under paragraph (1) of regulation 411.

Limitation of liability for seizure. removal or detention

of vehicles.

Removal expenses and storage charges.

Commis- sioner may Bell vetrislo after three months.

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41G. No person who, under regulation 41D or paragraph (1) of regulation 41F-

(a) seizes, removes or detains any vehicle; or

(b) assists in the seizure, removal or detention

of any vehicle.

shall be liable in any manner whatsoever for any loss or damage arising out of or in the course of the seizure, removal or detention of the vehicle unless it is proved that the loss or damage has been caused by his wilful misconduct or negligence.

41H, (1) The registered owner of a vehicle which is seized and removed under paragraph (1) of regulation 41D to a place specified in a notice served under paragraph (2) of regulation 41C, shall pay to the Commissioner a seizure fee of one hundred dollars.

(2) The registered owner of a vehicle which is detained under paragraph (1) of regulation 41F shall pay to the Commissioner a storage charge of five dollars for every day following the ninth day after-

(a) the date on which the vehicle is delivered to such place in compliance with the notice served under paragraph (2) of regulation 41C; or

(b) the date on which the vehicle is seized under

paragraph (1) of regulation 41D,

as the case may be, until the registered owner collects the vehicle or until the Commissioner sells by public auction or otherwise disposes of the vehicle under paragraph (1) of regulation 411.

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of para- graph (1) of regulation 411, any fee, expenses and charges which are payable to the Commissioner under paragraphs (1) and (2) may be recovered by or on behalf of the Commissioner as if they were fines imposed by a court of summary jurisdiction.

411. (1) F

(a) a vehicle has been delivered to a place in compliance with a notice served under para- graph (2) of regulation 41C and at the expiration of the period of ninety days following the date of delivery, the vehicle has not been collected by the registered

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