Australia, April 13 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 13:
1. By Notice of Appeal dated 10 July 2024, the Appellant, Patrick Boutros, appeals against the order of Magistrate Heywood at Burwood Local Court on 13 June 2024 granting an application made by Senior Constable Anthony Cincotta, on behalf of the New South Wales Police Force, for the forfeiture of a vehicle pursuant to s 79 of the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) ('RTA').
2. Section 79 of the RTA is in the following terms:
1) A police officer may seize any unregistered registrable vehicle (other than a registrable vehicle exempted from registration under this Act) that is being used on a road.
2) If any such registrable ve...