160Obligations on repairers if the authority to tow is defective or not provided

160 Obligations on repairers if the authority to tow is defective or not provided

S. 160(1) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 140(Sch. 2 item 131).

(1) A person who has obtained an authority to tow for the purpose of preparing a quotation in relation to, or repairing, a relevant accident damaged motor vehicle in circumstances in which sections 158(a)(iii) and 158(a)(iv) should have been, but have not been, complied with in relation to the authority to tow must notify the Secretary, in writing within 5 business days after receiving the authority to tow, of the failure to comply with sections 158(a)(iii) or 158(a)(iv).

S. 160(2) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 140(Sch. 2 item 131).

(2) If the owner of a relevant accident damaged motor vehicle—

(a) asks a person to prepare a quotation, or to repair, that motor vehicle; and

(b) does not give the person an endorsed authority to tow (or a certificate under section 162) in relation to the vehicle within 5 business days after making the request—

the person must notify the Secretary in writing of that failure within 5 business days after the end of that 5 day period.

S. 160(3) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 140(Sch. 2 item 131).

(3) If—

(a) the owner of a relevant accident damaged motor vehicle asks a person (the repairer) to prepare a quotation in relation to, or to repair, that motor vehicle and states that another person has complied with sections 158(a)(iii) and 158(a)(iv) in relation to the authority to tow relating to the vehicle; and

(b) the repairer asks for an endorsed authority to tow from that other person, but does not receive the endorsed authority to tow from that person within 5 business days after making the request—

the repairer must notify the Secretary in writing within 5 business days after the end of that 5 day period that the endorsed authority to tow has not been received.