Home Affairs Minister Len Norman has brought forward proposals aiming to protect landowners against vehicles parking on their land without permission.
If passed in the States during a sitting next month, the new law would see land owners allowed to remove vehicles from their land when they don’t have permission to be there, as well as applying to the Petty Debts Court for an order preventing ‘nuisance’ parking on their land.
While it aims to give landowners greater parking controls, the new regulations would also see them forbidden from interfering or immobilising vehicles on their land through practices such as wheel clamping.
Pictured: Constable Len Norman, Home Affairs Minister.
The regulations would also see a list of “reputable” vehicle removal operators created.
Explaining the reason behind the proposals, Home Affairs Minister Constable Len Norman said he understood that vehicles on private land “can be a source of great frustration.”
“Currently, private landowners have few remedies to deal with the problem, and it can involve a costly legal process. The introduction of this law will make it much easier for private landowners to seek relief from vehicles that have been abandoned on their land or that are causing a nuisance, obstruction or a potential hazard to the emergency services,” he said.
