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TOW TRUCK ACT 1973 - SECT 40

40 Offences generally and penalty

(1) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act commits an offence against this Act.

(2) Where in relation to a condition of a licence referred to in section 12(2)(e)-(p) a person--

(a) does that which by the condition the person is forbidden to do; or
(b) fails to do that which by the condition the person is required or directed to do;

the person and, where the person is not the holder of the licence, the holder of the licence commits an offence against this Act.

(3) Save where a specific penalty is otherwise prescribed a person who commits an offence against this Act is liable to a penalty of 40 penalty units.

(4) A penalty imposed by this Act may be recovered by way of summary proceedings before a Magistrates Court constituted under the Justices Act 1886.

(5) A court before which a person is convicted of an offence against this Act shall cause particulars of the conviction to be furnished to the chief executive.



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