Towing Services Act 2024

This section applies if an improvement notice is issued in relation to a contravention of a safety standard involving a tow truck, including a notice that includes directions referred to in section 128(3).

An authorised officer may affix, in a conspicuous place on the tow truck, a sticker in the approved form indicating that an improvement notice has been issued in relation to a contravention of a safety standard involving the tow truck.

A person must not remove, or cause to be removed, a sticker affixed on a tow truck under subsection (2) unless an authorised officer has given the person a written notice stating that the authorised officer is satisfied the person has complied with the improvement notice.

for an individual, a fine of $5 000;

for a body corporate, a fine of $25 000.

Subsection (3) does not apply to a person who is repairing the tow truck if —

it is reasonably necessary to remove the sticker to rectify a contravention specified in the improvement notice; and

the person re‑affixes the undamaged sticker to the tow truck when the contravention has been rectified; and

the tow truck is not used to engage in towing work for the purposes of a regulated towing business until the undamaged sticker has been re‑affixed.