8Requirement for tow truck being driven to be licensed

8 Requirement for tow truck being driven to be licensed

(1) A person must not drive a tow truck that is being operated in the course of conducting an accident towing service business unless there is in force a regular tow truck licence or a heavy tow truck licence that authorises the operation of the tow truck.

(2) A person who is driving a tow truck that is being operated in the course of conducting an accident towing service business under a regular tow truck licence must ensure that the tow truck does not tow a vehicle that the tow truck is not capable of towing.

(3) A person who is driving a tow truck that is being operated in the course of conducting an accident towing service business under a heavy tow truck licence must ensure that the tow truck does not tow—

(a) a vehicle of a gross vehicle mass of less than 4 tonnes; or

(b) a vehicle that the tow truck is not capable of towing.

S. 9 substituted by No. 28/2009 s. 63(1).