Authorisations to tow vehicles
154 Authorisations to tow vehicles
The regulations may make provision for or in relation to authorities to tow (whether given by the relevant person for a vehicle or by a police officer) and authorisations under section 40(4), including in relation to the following —
the form and content of an authority to tow;
classes of person who may, or must not, obtain or attempt to obtain an authority to tow;
circumstances in which a person may, or must not, obtain or attempt to obtain an authority to tow;
the conduct and behaviour of a person obtaining, or attempting to obtain, an authority to tow, including —
the conduct and behaviour of such a person towards a relevant person for a vehicle; and
the conduct of such a person at the scene of a vehicle crash or breakdown;
requirements for documentation to be prepared or notifications to be given if a vehicle is towed after an authority to tow is given by a police officer under section 40(3) or authorisation is given by the Commissioner of Main Roads under section 40(4);
protection from liability and responsibility for towing charges and storage charges if an authority to tow is given under section 40(3) or authorisation is given under section 40(4).
This provision refers to the regulations (The regulations may make
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