Towing Services Act 2024

An authorised officer may do all or any of the following in relation to a vehicle mentioned in subsection (2) —

stop and detain the vehicle for as long as is reasonably necessary for the exercise of any power of the authorised officer under this Act;

direct the driver of the vehicle, or a person engaging in towing work using the vehicle, to produce for inspection any of the following —

the person’s driver’s licence;

the person’s towing worker authorisation document;

any additional identification document issued to the person, or required to be held or displayed by the person, in accordance with the regulations;

direct any person to alight from, or not to enter, the vehicle;

direct the driver of the vehicle, a person engaging in towing work using the vehicle, or any passenger, to —

state the person’s name, residential address and date of birth; or

give any information that is required; or

answer a question put to the person; or

produce a record that is in the person’s possession or under the person’s control;

inspect the vehicle and any equipment in or on the vehicle;

make a still or moving image or recording of the vehicle and any thing in or on the vehicle;

operate any thing in or on the vehicle;

make a copy of or take an extract from any document or thing;

seize a record and retain it for as long as is reasonably necessary;

direct the driver of the vehicle, or a person in possession of the vehicle, to give the authorised officer any assistance that the officer reasonably requires for the purpose of exercising another power under this subsection.

The powers in subsection (1) may be exercised in relation to —

a tow truck; or

a vehicle that the authorised officer reasonably suspects is being or has been used to travel to a place for the purposes of obtaining, or attempting to obtain, an authority to tow a vehicle for the purposes of a regulated towing business.