Queensland Consolidated Acts

TOW TRUCK ACT 1973 - SECT 21A

The chief executive may cancel or suspend an authority holder's authority under section 21D on any of the following grounds--

(a) the authority--

(i) was issued in error; or

(ii) was granted or renewed because of a false or fraudulent document, statement or representation;

(b) the authority holder--

(i) is convicted of an offence against this Act; or

(ii) has, since the issue of the authority, been charged with or convicted of a disqualifying offence; or

(iii) contravenes a condition of the authority; or

(iv) stops being a tow truck operator, driver or assistant;

(c) the authority holder can not properly drive the class of motor vehicle stated in the authority because of a medical condition, or physical or mental incapacity;

(d) the motor vehicle stated in the authority is no longer suitable for use under the authority;

(e) the authority holder has given false or misleading information to an authorised officer;

(f) public safety has been endangered, or is likely to be endangered, because of the authority holder's conduct;

(g) having regard to the conduct of the authority holder, when performing activities under the authority or at any other time, the chief executive believes, on reasonable grounds--

(i) the person is no longer an appropriate person to hold an authority; or

(ii) it is in the public interest to cancel or suspend the authority.