Accident Towing Services Act 2007
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223 Regulations
(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to the following—
(a) prescribing and regulating in respect of persons who are holders of accreditations under this Act—
(i) the conduct and duties of such persons; and
(ii) generally, conditions relating to the operation and use of motor vehicles when driven by such persons;
(b) accreditations under this Act, including, but not limited to—
(i) conditions to which such accreditations or any class of such accreditations are subject; and
(ii) qualifications to be required of, and the tests to be passed by, applicants for such accreditations; and
(iii) applications for such accreditations and the cancellation or suspension of such accreditations;
(c) licences under this Act, including but not limited to—
(i) conditions to which such licences or any class of such licences are subject; and
(ii) applications for such licences and the cancellation or suspension of such licences;
S. 223(1)(d) amended by No. 93/2009 s. 35(1).
(d) the operation of road accident scene rosters in controlled areas, including, but not limited to, the inclusion of persons or refusal to include persons on the roster or the removal or suspension of persons from the roster;
(e) duties of tow truck drivers at road accident scenes;
(f) the design, construction, equipment, maintenance and repair of tow trucks used for the purpose of providing accident towing services;
(g) any matter with respect to the demerits system and the Accident Towing Demerits Register;
(h) prescribing offences to be infringement offences and prescribing the penalties for those offences;
(i) prescribing requirements to keep records and the manner and form in which records are to be kept;
(j) authorities to tow;
(k) prescribing forms;
(l) prescribing fees;
S. 223(1)(la) inserted by No. 40/2011 s. 20.
(la) providing the service of salvaging a motor vehicle;
S. 223(1)(lb) inserted by No. 41/2020 s. 5.
(lb) conferring a right of appeal or review to a specified court or tribunal against any decision of the Secretary under the regulations and prescribing procedures to be followed in any such cases;
(m) any matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.
(2) Any regulations made under this section—
(a) may be of general or of specially limited application; and