Areas for storage and release of towed vehicles
9F Areas for storage and release of towed vehicles
An authorised towing service provider must ensure that the following requirements are met in relation to each storage yard used in the conduct of the provider’s regulated towing business —
the storage yard must include an area that —
is adequate to accommodate vehicles towed to the premises; and
is constructed and located in such a way that a vehicle can be released from the area within a reasonable time after a request is made for its release;
there must be a suitable area near the entrance to the storage yard (either inside or outside the yard) where vehicles can be parked for release to a relevant person for the vehicle.
It is a condition of a towing business authorisation that the authorised towing service provider must comply with subregulation (1).
[Regulation 9E inserted: SL 2026/53 r. 8.]
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