Queensland Consolidated Acts

TOW TRUCK ACT 1973 - SECT 13

13 Required certificates etc.

(1) A person must not, in a regulated area—

(a) operate a tow truck to tow a prescribed motor vehicle unless the person is the holder of—

(i) a driver’s certificate; or

(ii) a permit under section 19 authorising the person to operate a tow truck to tow a prescribed motor vehicle; or

(b) be employed on or in connection with the use of a tow truck at or near a towing location unless the person is the holder of—

(i) a driver’s certificate; or

(ii) an assistant’s certificate; or

(iii) a permit under section 19 .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(2) Also, a person must not, in a regulated area, travel in a tow truck to or from a towing location unless the person—

(a) is the holder of—

(i) a driver’s certificate; or

(ii) an assistant’s certificate; or

(iii) a permit under section 19 ; or

(b) is the owner of a motor vehicle at the towing location, or the owner’s agent; or

(c) was the driver of, or a passenger in, a vehicle at the towing location.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) In this section—

"towing location" means—

(a) the scene of an incident; or

(b) a place at which a motor vehicle has been seized; or

(c) private property on which a private property motor vehicle is parked.