Towing Services Act 2024

An authorised officer may authorise as many other persons to assist in the exercise of the authorised officer’s powers under this Subdivision as are reasonably necessary in the circumstances.

A person authorised under subsection (1) may exercise the power or assist the authorised officer to exercise the power, as the case requires.

Whether requested to do so or not, a person may assist another person to exercise a power under this Subdivision if the person reasonably suspects that the other person —

is lawfully entitled to exercise the power; and

needs assistance for the purpose of doing so.

A person who under this section is authorised by another person to exercise a power, or is assisting another person to exercise a power, must comply with any lawful and reasonable directions of the other person when exercising or assisting to exercise the power.

If a person, acting under this section, exercises a power under this Subdivision having been authorised by another person to do so, or assists another person to exercise a power under this Subdivision, any enactment that protects the person or the State from liability for the person’s acts or omissions is taken to operate as if those acts or omissions included the person’s acts or omissions when acting under this section.