162Owner may apply for certificate if authority to tow defective or lost

162 Owner may apply for certificate if authority to tow defective or lost

S. 162(1) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 140(Sch. 2 item 132(a)).

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

(a) has not received an authority to tow in relation to the towing of that vehicle from the road accident scene or safe and convenient place (as the case requires); or

(b) has received an authority to tow in relation to the towing of that vehicle from the road accident scene or safe and convenient place (as the case requires), but—

(i) the authority to tow, or any note that has been subsequently added to the authority to tow, contains a defect that is of such a nature that it is not possible for a person to comply with section 158; or

(ii) the authority to tow has been lost, destroyed, mutilated or become fully or partially illegible—

the owner may apply to the Secretary for a certificate authorising the preparation of a quotation in relation to the vehicle and for the vehicle to be repaired.

S. 162(2) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 140(Sch. 2 item 132(a)).

(2) An application for a certificate must be in a form approved by the Secretary and must contain the details required by the Secretary.

S. 162(3) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 140(Sch. 2 item 132(b)).

(3) The Secretary must comply with a request for a certificate within 5 business days after receiving—

(a) a completed application for the certificate; and

(b) the fee (if any) prescribed for the application.