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POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 77

77 Police officer may authorise tow

(1) This section applies if a police officer arranges for the impounded motor vehicle to be towed to a holding yard.

(2) A police officer may sign a towing authority for the impounded motor vehicle.

(3) The driver of a tow truck towing the impounded motor vehicle under a towing authority must tow the motor vehicle to--

(a) if the police officer directs the driver to tow the motor vehicle to a particular holding yard--the holding yard; or
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply--the holding yard to which the driver ordinarily tows motor vehicles.

(4) In this section--

towing authority means--

(a) a towing authority under the Tow Truck Act 1973; or
(b) another document authorising a person to tow a motor vehicle.


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