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Accident Towing Services Regulations 2019
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Schedule 1—Authority to tow
Regulation 42
AUTHORITY TO TOW
For the authorisation of towing accident damaged motor vehicles
- Tow truck
- Name of the licence holder of the tow truck:
- Depot address:
- Depot number: Telephone number:
- Tow truck licence number:
- Name of the tow truck driver: Driver accreditation number:
- Vehicle to be towed
- Name of vehicle owner:
- Address of vehicle owner:
- Make of the vehicle: Registration number:
- Allocated job number (if applicable):
- Location (street(s), suburb) of the vehicle to be removed:
- Address where vehicle is to be towed:
- Did the vehicle require salvaging? 🞏 No 🞏 Yes (Please complete the salvage section below)
- Salvage(Refer to information pamphlet for a description of what salvage means)
- The location of the salvaged vehicle: 🞏 Road🞏 Up or down an embankment🞏 Road related area (curb, nature strip, footpath, traffic island)🞏 Other, please specifyPhoto evidence taken 🞏 Where the vehicle was embedded in an object, what was the object?🞏 Building (house, shop front etc.)🞏 Pole, pillar, pylon, tree🞏 Fence, guardrail, safety barrier🞏 Motor vehicle🞏 Other, please specifyPhoto evidence taken 🞏
- The position of the salvaged vehicle: The equipment used to salvage the vehicle:
- 🞏 Upright 🞏 On its side 🞏 Upside down 🞏 Tow truck winch 🞏 Tow truck crane
- 🞏 Other, please specify 🞏 Mobile crane 🞏 Heavy tow truck
- Photo evidence taken 🞏 🞏 Other, please specify
- Time taken to salvage the vehicle min/hrs
- Applicable rate—Tax InvoiceThe applicable rates of towing, vehicle storage and other related services.Please mark "N/A" if an item is not applicable. Information pamphletFor driver, owner only.**Confirm receipt of the information pamphlet from the Secretary to the Department of Transport and Planning.(Please tick box and sign)
- Towing Service Total Price, incl GST 🞏 Signature:
- Towing fee First 8 km Person authorising the tow