Tow Truck Act 2023

This section applies if—

a person applies for an accreditation under part 2, division 2; and

before the application is decided, any of the following persons (each a relevant person) is charged with, or served with an infringement notice for, a notifiable offence for the accreditation—

the applicant;

if the applicant is a corporation—an executive officer of the corporation;

if the applicant is a partnership—a partner in the partnership.

The applicant must, as soon as practicable but no later than 14 days after the day the relevant person is charged or served with the infringement notice, give the chief executive notice of the charge or infringement notice.Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Also, the applicant must, as soon as practicable but no later than 14 days after the day the charge or infringement notice is dealt with, give the chief executive notice of the following matters—

for a charge—the outcome of the charge;

for an infringement notice—how the infringement notice has been dealt with.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

The applicant does not commit an offence against subsection (2) or (3) if the applicant has a reasonable excuse.

Also, the applicant does not commit an offence against subsection (2) or (3) if, before the end of the period mentioned in the subsection—

the application is withdrawn; or

if subsection (1)(b)(ii) or (iii) applies—

the relevant person stops being an executive officer of the corporation or a partner in the partnership; and

the applicant gives the chief executive notice of the day the relevant person stopped being an executive officer of the corporation or a partner in the partnership.