(1) In accordance with subsection (2), a Parking Authority may sell a motor vehicle or trailer detained as security under section 165, if after the expiration of 30 days of detention in storage —
(a) the penalty for violation and the Parking Authority detention fees are unpaid and no security has been given for their payment;
(b) no request for review has been made under section 162 and no other application in relation to the motor vehicle or trailer is pending before a court; and
(c) the Parking Authority applies for a charge in respect of a Parking Authority detention fee to be endorsed on the Register under section 8 and the charge is endorsed and has not been settled.
(2) A Parking Authority may sell a motor vehicle or trailer detained under this section —
(a) by private agreement, if —
(i) the value of the Parking Authority detention fees on the motor vehicle or trailer exceeds the estimated value of the motor vehicle or trailer, and
(ii) the Parking Authority gives to the registered owner, at the registered address, and to any registered creditor, 14 days notice of its intention to dispose of the motor vehicle or trailer, if the penalty for violation and the Parking Authority detention fees are not paid; or
(b) subject to section 168, by public auction.
(Substituted by Act 10 of 2006)