Accident Towing Services Regulations 2019
37Authorised tow truck must attend
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37 Authorised tow truck must attend
(1) Subject to regulation 39, the driver of a rostered tow truck must take reasonable steps to ensure that after a rostered tow truck is authorised under regulation 36(2) to attend a road accident scene, the rostered tow truck attends the road accident scene within 30 minutes of being given the authorisation.
- 20 penalty units.
(2) The licence holder with respect to a rostered tow truck must take reasonable steps to ensure that subregulation (1) is complied with.
- 20 penalty units.
(3) If a person is operating a rostered tow truck and is not the licence holder with respect to that tow truck, that person must take reasonable steps to ensure that subregulation (1) is complied with.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(4) If the driver of a rostered tow truck is unable to ensure that the rostered tow truck attends the road accident scene within 30 minutes of being given the authorisation, the driver must immediately notify the relevant allocation body.
- 10 penalty units.
(5) The licence holder with respect to a rostered tow truck must take reasonable steps to ensure that subregulation (4) is complied with.
- 10 penalty units.
(6) If a person is operating a rostered tow truck and is not the licence holder with respect to that tow truck, that person must take reasonable steps to ensure that subregulation (4) is complied with.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(7) The requirements of subregulations (1) to (5) cease to apply if a licence holder, driver or a person at the specified depot is notified by the allocation body for the controlled area that the authorisation is cancelled under regulation 40(1).
(8) The driver of a rostered tow truck must ensure, as soon as is practicable, that the allocation body is notified when the tow truck arrives at the road accident scene.
- 10 penalty units.
(9) The driver of a rostered tow truck must ensure that, as soon as practicable, the allocation body is notified when the tow truck departs from the road accident scene and is given the details of the accident damaged motor vehicle being towed.
- 10 penalty units.
(10) The driver of a rostered tow truck must ensure that the tow truck is not used to tow more than one vehicle from the road accident scene at the same time (regardless of whether the licence holder has been allocated more than one allocation by the allocation body).
- 20 penalty units.