Tow Truck Act 2023

This section applies if—

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

before the application is decided, a person who is a partner in the partnership is charged with, or served with an infringement notice for, a notifiable offence for the accreditation.

This section also applies if a person, who is a partner in a partnership that is the holder of an operator accreditation, is charged with, or served with an infringement notice for, a notifiable offence for the accreditation.

The person must, as soon as practicable but no later than 14 days after the day the person is charged or served with the infringement notice, give each of the other partners in the partnership notice of the charge or infringement notice.Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Also, the person must, as soon as practicable but no later than 14 days after the day the charge or infringement notice is dealt with, give each of the other partners in the partnership 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 person does not commit an offence against subsection (3) or (4) if—

the person has a reasonable excuse; or

before the end of the period mentioned in the subsection, the person—

stops being a partner in the partnership; and

gives the chief executive notice of the day the person stopped being a partner in the partnership.