Queensland Numbered Acts

TOW TRUCK ACT 2023 - SECT 166

166 Releasing motor vehicles after commencement

(1) Section 60 applies in relation to the release, after the commencement, of a motor vehicle towed under a licence before the commencement if—

(a) the licence is taken to be an operator accreditation under section 158; and

(b) the vehicle has been towed to premises that are an authorised holding yard for the operator accreditation.

(2) Section 60(2) does not apply in relation to the release of a motor vehicle, towed before or after the commencement, if a relevant charge for the vehicle, imposed on the owner under the repealed Act before or after the commencement, has not been paid.

(3) In this section—

"relevant charge" means a charge in relation to the towing, storage, viewing or accessing of a motor vehicle, or the taking of property from a motor vehicle.