145Authority to tow to be carried and produced and job number to be given

145 Authority to tow to be carried and produced and job number to be given

(1) If an accident damaged motor vehicle is being towed in the course of providing an accident towing service, the driver of the tow truck that is towing the motor vehicle must have in the tow truck an authority to tow for that motor vehicle.

S. 145(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 3.6).

(2) The driver of a tow truck that is towing an accident damaged motor vehicle in the course of providing an accident towing service must, if requested to do so by a police officer or an authorised officer—

(a) produce for inspection an authority to tow for the accident damaged motor vehicle being towed; and

(b) give details about the origin and destination of the accident damaged motor vehicle being towed; and

S. 145(2)(c) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 3.6).

(c) allow the police officer or an authorised officer to inspect or examine the accident damaged motor vehicle being towed.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the towing of an accident damaged motor vehicle from a road accident scene on a designated road to a safe and convenient place.

S. 145(4) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 3.6).

(4) The driver of a tow truck that is towing an accident damaged motor vehicle under a job number must give that job number to any police officer or authorised officer who asks for the number.