Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsapproved form see section 42A.
articulated motor vehicle means a motor vehicle having at its rear a portion on wheels that is pivoted on and partly superimposed on the forward part of the vehicle.
assistant's certificate means an assistant's certificate issued under this Act and in force at any material time.
authorised officer means an authorised officer under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 or a person acting under the authority of the chief executive.
criminal history, of a person--
(a) means the person's criminal history under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986; and
(b) includes a charge of a disqualifying offence or a charge of an offence against any of the following--
(i) the Drugs Misuse Act 1986;
(ii) the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, section 790;
(iii) the Weapons Act 1990; and
(c) does not include a charge of an offence for which the proceeding for the offence ended without the person being convicted.
damaged means damaged in an incident.
disqualifying offence see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995, schedule 4, definition disqualifying offence, paragraph (b).
driver licence has the meaning given by the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995, schedule 4.
driver's certificate means a driver's certificate issued under this Act and in force at any material time.
incident means a collision or impact, however caused--
(a) that happens on a road and results in damage to a motor vehicle; or
(b) that happens off a road and results in damage to a motor vehicle, if immediately before the collision or impact the motor vehicle was travelling on the road.
licence means a licence with respect to a tow truck issued under this Act and in force at any material time.
motor vehicle means a motor car, motorcycle, motor omnibus, motor truck, motor utility truck, trolley vehicle, tractor or traction engine, a trailer attached to or drawn by a motor vehicle, and any other vehicle propelled or designed for propulsion wholly or partly by gas, motor spirit, oil, electricity, steam or other mechanical power: the term includes an articulated motor vehicle but does not include a vehicle used on a railway or tramway.
operate, with respect to a tow truck, means to tow or offer to tow a motor vehicle by means of a tow truck, for hire or for any consideration or in the course of any trade or business.
permit means a permit issued under this Act and in force at any material time.
road has the meaning assigned to that term by the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995.
seized, for a motor vehicle, means seized by a police officer under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, section 124 because of section 125(d) or (e) of that Act, from a road that is an off-street regulated parking area for which there is an arrangement mentioned in the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995, section 104.
tow with respect to a motor vehicle includes carry, lift and tow, lift and carry and lift for the purpose of towing.
towing authority means an authority given, on the approved form, for the towing of a motor vehicle.
tow truck means a motor vehicle--
(a) equipped with a lifting or loading device capable of being used for the towing of a motor vehicle; or
(b) being used at the material time for the towing of a trailer on which a damaged or seized motor vehicle is being carried.