Release from storage
15 Release from storage
In this section —
applicable charges, for a vehicle, means all towing charges or storage charges imposed on the relevant person for the vehicle in accordance with this Act;
business day means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday throughout the State.
This section applies if a vehicle that has been towed in the conduct of a regulated towing business is stored in a storage yard.
If a relevant person for the vehicle pays the applicable charges (if any) for the vehicle, the towing service provider conducting the regulated towing business must ensure that the vehicle is released as soon as practicable but in any event no later than 4 hours after payment is made.
Penalty for this subsection:
for an individual, a fine of $9 000;
for a body corporate, a fine of $45 000.
For the purposes of determining when the 4‑hour period referred to in subsection (3) expires, only time between 9 am and 5 pm on a business day is to be counted.
The regulations may prescribe the steps that must be taken to release the vehicle for the purposes of subsection (3).
This provision refers to the regulations (The regulations may prescribe
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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