Personal protective equipment
60 Personal protective equipment
In this regulation —
personal protective equipment means anything used or worn by a person to minimise risk to the person’s health and safety;
PPE standards means the document entitled Personal Protection Equipment for Towing Workers Standards 2024, published on the Department’s website as at 10 January 2025.
A towing worker must use personal protective equipment in accordance with the PPE standards at any time when the towing worker —
is doing any of the following for the purposes of a regulated towing business —
engaging in towing work;
unloading a vehicle from a tow truck;
obtaining, or attempting to obtain, an authority to tow a vehicle;
and
is not inside a vehicle.
Subregulation (2) is specified as a safety standard for a towing worker.
A towing worker who contravenes subregulation (2) commits an offence.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $5 000.
A towing service provider in relation to a regulated towing business that fails to ensure that a relevant towing worker complies with subregulation (2) commits an offence.
Penalty for this subregulation:
for an individual, a fine of $5 000;
for a body corporate, a fine of $25 000.
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