South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts98MG—Removal of vehicle from place to which it was removed from the
scene of an accident
(1) Where a
motor vehicle has been removed from the scene of an accident to the place
specified in an authority to tow given in relation to that vehicle, a person
must not, for or in expectation of a fee, reward or benefit of any kind, or in
the course of a business, remove the vehicle from that place except—
(a)
pursuant to a written direction, in the form determined by the Registrar, of
the owner of the vehicle or a person duly authorised to act on the owner's
behalf to a place specified in the direction, being a direction given after
the removal of the vehicle to the place specified in the authority to tow; or
(b) with
the approval of the Registrar to a place and in accordance with the conditions
specified in the approval.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(2) The Registrar may,
upon application made in writing by a person into whose possession a
motor vehicle has come as a result of its removal from the
scene of an accident in accordance with the terms of an authority to tow, give
approval by notice in writing, upon such conditions as the Registrar thinks
fit and specifies in the approval, for the vehicle to be removed to a place
specified in the approval, if the Registrar is satisfied that the person has
made reasonable attempts to obtain the permission of the owner of the vehicle
or a person duly authorised to act on the owner's behalf to remove the vehicle
to another place and that it is reasonable in the circumstances that the
vehicle be removed to that other place.