Towing Services Act 2024

The regulations may prescribe offences that are disqualification offences in relation to any or all of the following —

towing service providers;

close associates of towing service providers;

responsible officers of authorised towing service providers;

towing workers.

Any of the following may be prescribed as a disqualification offence by regulations under subsection (1) —

an offence under this Act or another written law;

an offence under a law of the Commonwealth;

an offence under a law of another State or a Territory.

Regulations under subsection (1) may prescribe —

different disqualification offences in relation to the different classes of person referred to in subsection (1); and

different disqualification offences applying in relation to different classes of regulated towing business; and

circumstances in which an offence is or is not a disqualification offence.

A reference in this Act to a person being charged with or convicted of a disqualification offence is a reference to the person being charged with or convicted of (as the case requires) —

if the person is an applicant for a towing business authorisation, an authorised towing service provider or a person referred to in section 31(1)(a) — an offence prescribed under subsection (1) as a disqualification offence in relation to towing service providers; or

if the person is a close associate of an applicant for a towing business authorisation or of an authorised towing service provider — an offence prescribed under subsection (1) as a disqualification offence in relation to close associates of towing service providers; or

if the person is a responsible officer of an authorised towing service provider or an individual nominated as a responsible officer by an applicant for a towing business authorisation or an authorised towing service provider — an offence prescribed under subsection (1) as a disqualification offence in relation to responsible officers of towing service providers; or

if the person is an applicant for a towing worker authorisation, an authorised towing worker or an individual referred to in section 64(1) — an offence prescribed under subsection (1) as a disqualification offence in relation to towing workers.