Road Traffic (Towing of Vehicles) Regulations 2020 (WA)

Western Australia Road Traffic Act 1974 Road Traffic (Towing of Vehicles) Regulations 2020 Western Australia Road Traffic (Towing of Vehicles) Regulations 2020 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 4. Application of Part 6A Division 3 (s. 96(2)(a)(vi)) 2 Part 2 — Requirements for towing Division 1 — Notification and record of details 5. Terms used 3 6. Vehicle details to be notified to CEO (s. 97(1)(b)(ii)) 3 7. Vehicle details to be recorded (s. 97(1)(c)) 4 8. Towing service provider to retain records 5 9. CEO may require production of records 5 10. Disclosure or publication of details notified to CEO 6 Division 2 — Signs and waiting periods 11. Signs to be displayed at certain relevant premises 7 12. Exemption from requirement for signs to be displayed 10 13. Waiting period (s. 97(1)(e)) 11 Division 3 — Information to be given by towing service providers and persons in charge of storage yards 14. Application of Division 12 15. Towing service provider must maintain telephone number and provide information in relation to vehicles 12 16. Person in charge of storage yard must maintain telephone number and provide information in relation to vehicles 13 Part 3 — Release of vehicles and charges 17. Maximum on‑site release charge (s. 100(4)) 14 18. Steps to release vehicle from storage (s. 103) 14 19. Maximum towing charges amount (s. 105(1)) 14 20. Maximum storage charges amount (s. 105A(1)) 15 Notes Compilation table 16 Defined terms Road Traffic Act 1974 Road Traffic (Towing of Vehicles) Regulations 2020

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Citation These regulations are the Road Traffic (Towing of Vehicles) Regulations 2020.

2. Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows — (a) Part 1 (other than regulations 3 and 4) — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette; (b) the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the Road Traffic Amendment (Immobilisation, Towing and Detention of Vehicles) Act 2020 section 5 comes into operation.