Victorian Numbered Acts

ROAD LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO. 28 OF 2009) - SECT 62

See:
Act No.
30/2007.
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    (1)     For the definition of accident damaged motor vehicle in section 3(1) of the Accident Towing Services Act 2007 , substitute —

"" accident damaged motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that has been damaged as the result of a road accident;".

    (2)     The definitions of heavy tow truck , licensed (heavy) tow truck, licensed (regular) tow truck and regular tow truck in section 3(1) of the Accident Towing Services Act 2007 are repealed .

    (3)     For the definition of licensed tow truck in section 3(1) of the Accident Towing Services Act 2007 substitute —

""licensed tow truck" means a tow truck that is specified in a tow truck licence;".

    (4)     For the definition of road accident scene roster in section 3(1) of the Accident Towing Services Act 2007 substitute —

"" road accident scene roster", in relation to a controlled area, means the roster, that is kept by the allocation body for the area, of allocations of tow trucks to do the following—

        (a)     to attend road accident scenes in the controlled area;

        (b)     to be used to tow accident damaged motor vehicles, with a gross vehicle mass of less than 4 tonnes, from road accident scenes in the controlled area;".

    (5)     In section 3(1) of the Accident Towing Services Act 2007 , insert the following definitions—

" mass, dimension or load restraint limit or requirement has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Road Safety Act 1986 ;

"tow truck trainee permit" means a permit issued under section 140A(1);".

    (6)     After section 3(5) of the Accident Towing Services Act 2007 insert —

    "(6)     For the purposes of this Act, a tow truck is to be regarded as capable of towing a vehicle, if the towing of the vehicle would not contravene a mass, dimension or load restraint limit or requirement that applies to the tow truck under the Road Safety Act 1986 .".