Tow Truck (Towing from Private Property) Amendment Bill 2017* (Qld)

An Act to amend the Tow Truck Act 1973 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Tow Truck (Towing from Private Property) Amendment Act 2017.

2 Act amended This Act amends the Tow Truck Act 1973.

3 Amendment of long title Long title, after 'operation'— insert— and for the installation of warning signs at particular car parks

4 Amendment of s 4C (Who is an appropriate person) Section 4C(1)— insert— (ca) any complaints made to the chief executive against the person in relation to activities performed under a licence or certificate;

5 Amendment of s 12 (Conditions of licence) (1) Section 12(2)— insert— (s) that a person must not use a tow truck to which the licence relates to tow a motor vehicle a total distance greater than the distance prescribed by regulation, unless— (i) the vehicle is being towed from a place that is not private property; or (ii) the written consent of the owner of the vehicle, to the vehicle being towed a total distance greater than the prescribed distance, is obtained before the vehicle is towed. (2) Section 12— insert— (3) For subsection (2)(r), if a motor vehicle is towed from private property, the reasonable sum charged must not be more than the amount prescribed by regulation. (4) However, subsection (3) does not apply if, before towing the vehicle, the holder obtains the written consent of the owner of the vehicle to being charged more than the prescribed amount. (5) A regulation for subsection (2)(s) or (3) may prescribe different total distances or different amounts depending on where the place from which the vehicle is towed is located. (6) In this section— private property means a place that— (a) is not open to, or is not used by, the public; or (b) the public is not entitled to use.