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Road Traffic (Parking on Private Roads) Regulations

[1989 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

(4) Subject to regulation 12, any vehicle impounded or removed under this regulation may be detained by the owner of the private road concerned until there is paid to him such impounding or removal charge and storage charge as is specified in Schedule 2 incurred in respect of that vehicle.

12. Disposal of detained vehicle

(1) Where a vehicle detained under regulation 11 is not claimed within 3 days after its detention, the owner of the private road concerned or an authorized officer in respect of that road shall-

(a) serve by post on the registered owner of the vehicle a notice

informing him-

(i) of the detention of the vehicle and the place of detention;

and

(ii) that unless the vehicle is removed from the place of detention, on payment of any charges payable under regulation 11(4), within 25 days after the service of the notice on him, the vehicle

(A) shall become the property of the Crown free from the

rights of any person; and

(B) may be disposed of by the Commissioner of Police by

sale or otherwise as he thinks fit,

and at the same time serve by post on the Commissioner of Police a copy of the notice; and

(b) where the vehicle is not removed in accordance with the notice within 7 days after the service of the notice, publish, or cause to be published, not later than 14 days after such service, that notice once each in an English language newspaper and a Chinese language newspaper published daily and circulating generally in Hong Kong.

(2) Where a vehicle is not removed in accordance with a notice served and published under subregulation (1)—

(a) the owner of the private road concerned or an authorized officer

in respect of that road shall-

(i) forthwith inform the Commissioner of Police that a vehicle detained under regulation 11 has not been removed in accordance with a notice served and published under this regulation;

(ii) provide the Commissioner of Police with particulars of the service and publication of the notice together with such other particulars in respect of the vehicle and the circumstances of its detention as the Commissioner of Police requires; and