Towing service provider must ensure tow truck is fitted with dashboard camera unit
7 Towing service provider must ensure tow truck is fitted with dashboard camera unit
A towing service provider in relation to a regulated towing business must ensure that each tow truck used in the conduct of the business is fitted with a dashboard camera unit that —
makes visual recordings (with or without audio) with a display resolution of at least 720 p; and
has sufficient digital storage to be capable of making each visual recording required to be made under regulation 28(3) and storing the recording until it is provided to the towing service provider under regulation 28(5); and
makes visual recordings that continuously display —
the time and date in Australian Western Standard Time; and
the latitude and longitude coordinates;
and
is installed with the camera in a front‑facing position that enables clear and unobstructed recordings to be made of the forward view through the tow truck’s front windscreen.
Subregulation (1) is specified as a safety standard for a towing service provider.
A towing service provider that contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence.
Penalty for this subregulation:
for an individual, a fine of $9 000;
for a body corporate, a fine of $45 000.
[Regulation 7 amended: SL 2026/53 r. 6.]
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