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Tow Truck Industry Regulation 2020
45Maximum fees for accident towing work involving light motor vehicles
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#### 45 Maximum fees for accident towing work involving light motor vehicles
45 Maximum fees for accident towing work involving light motor vehicles
> The maximum fee that may be charged for any accident towing work (other than work referred to in clause 47) involving a light motor vehicle is—
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> > (a) 2.43 fee units, and
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> > (b) if the accident towing work occurs—
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> > > (i) entirely within the Sydney metropolitan area—an additional 0.0528 fee units for every kilometre in excess of 10 km travelled via the most direct route from the scene of the accident to the destination specified in the towing authorisation, or
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> > > (ii) partly or wholly outside the Sydney metropolitan area—an additional 0.0435 fee units for every kilometre in excess of 20 km travelled via the most direct route both in travelling from the licensee’s place of business to the scene of an accident and then to the destination specified on the towing authorisation, and
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> > (c) if the accident towing work occurs—
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> > > (i) entirely within the Sydney metropolitan area and if any part of the accident towing work occurs outside the hours between 8 am and 5 pm on any business day, or on a day that is not a business day—an additional 20% of that part of the fee under paragraphs (a) and (b)(i) that relates to the accident towing work that occurred outside those hours, or
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> > > (ii) partly or wholly outside the Sydney metropolitan area and if any part of the accident towing work occurs outside the hours between 8 am and 5 pm on any business day, or on a day that is not a business day—an additional 20% of that part of the fee under paragraphs (a) and (b)(ii) that relates to the accident towing work that occurred outside those hours, and
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> > (d) if the accident towing work occurs partly or wholly outside the Sydney metropolitan area on a road with a speed limit of or above 80 kilometres per hour—an additional 0.6 fee units for each hour or part of an hour of work involved in cleaning glass or debris at the scene of the accident, and
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> > (e) any toll charges incurred during the towing work or travelling to the scene of the accident.