Vehicle crashes and crash towing
6 Vehicle crashes and crash towing
A vehicle crash is a collision or impact that —
results in damage to a vehicle; and
occurs —
on a road or in a public place; or
in a place other than on a road or in a public place if, immediately before the collision or impact, a vehicle involved in the collision or impact was on a road or in a public place.
Crash towing is the towing of a vehicle that has been involved in a vehicle crash from —
the place where the collision or impact occurred; or
a place within a 2 km radius of the place where the collision or impact occurred; or
a place to which the vehicle has been moved —
by or with the authority of a public entity or a person employed in, or engaged for the purposes of, a public entity; and
for the purpose of preventing or minimising any harm, risk, hazard or obstruction caused by the vehicle;
or
a place within a 2 km radius of a place referred to in paragraph (c).
Despite subsection (2), crash towing does not include towing of a class prescribed by the regulations.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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