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Tow Truck Industry Regulation 2020
47Maximum fees for subsequent tows of light motor vehicles
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#### 47 Maximum fees for subsequent tows of light motor vehicles
47 Maximum fees for subsequent tows of light motor vehicles
> > (1) This clause applies if a light motor vehicle that has been involved in an accident or has been stolen is towed by a licensee or certified driver from a temporary location to which it had previously been towed by that licensee or certified driver for storage or repair to another place for storage or repair specified on the towing authorisation (a subsequent tow).
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> > (2) The maximum fee that may be charged for the subsequent tow is—
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> > > (a) 0.88 fee units, and
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> > > (b) if the subsequent tow occurs—
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> > > > (i) entirely in the Sydney metropolitan area and involves travelling a distance of more than 10 km via the most direct route from a temporary location where the motor vehicle has been stored to the destination specified on the towing authorisation—an additional 0.0528 fee units for every kilometre in excess of 10 km travelled via the most direct route, or
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> > > > (ii) partly or wholly outside the Sydney metropolitan area and involves travelling a distance of more than 20 km via the most direct route both in travelling from the licensee’s place of business to a temporary location where the motor vehicle has been stored and then to the destination specified on the towing authorisation—an additional 0.0435 fee units for every kilometre in excess of 20 km travelled via the most direct route, and
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> > > (c) if the subsequent tow occurs—
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> > > > (i) entirely in the Sydney metropolitan area and if any part of the subsequent 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 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 subsequent 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 towing work that occurred outside those hours, and
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> > > (d) any toll charges incurred during the subsequent tow or while travelling to the location of the motor vehicle.
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> > (3) Despite subclause (2), if 2 or more light motor vehicles are carried simultaneously on a subsequent tow—
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> > > (a) any fee for excess kilometres under subclause (2)(b) may only be charged to one motor vehicle, and
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> > > (b) any toll incurred may only be charged under subclause (2)(d) to one motor vehicle.