Enforcement officer may authorise tow
73B Enforcement officer may authorise tow
This section applies if an enforcement officer arranges for a motor vehicle seized under an enforcement warrant to be towed to a holding yard.
An enforcement officer may sign a towing authority for the seized vehicle.
The driver of a tow truck towing the seized motor vehicle under a towing authority must tow the vehicle to—
if the enforcement officer directs the driver to tow the motor vehicle to a particular holding yard—the holding yard; or
if paragraph (a) does not apply—the holding yard to which the driver ordinarily tows motor vehicles.
In this section—
holding yard means—
an authorised holding yard for an operator accreditation under the Tow Truck Act 2023; or
other premises used by a person to store motor vehicles towed by the person and any movable property in the vehicles.
towing authority, in relation to a motor vehicle, means a document that states that a particular person is authorised to tow the vehicle.
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