Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Subject to
regulation 15A, the driver of a tow truck shall not tow or attempt to tow
away or salvage any vehicle from the scene of an accident, until he has
completed in duplicate a statement containing the following
particulars —
(a) the
name and address of the person licensed to operate the tow truck;
(b) the
name and address of the driver of the tow truck;
(c) the
registered number of the tow truck;
(d) the
name and address of the owner of the vehicle to be towed or salvaged, if that
is known;
(e) the
name and address of the person authorising the motor vehicle to be towed or
salvaged, and his rank or number if the person giving the authority is a
member of the Police Force;
(f) the
make and registered number of the vehicle to be towed or salvaged;
(g) the
place from where the vehicle is to be moved;
(h) the
place to where the vehicle is to be taken;
(j) the
date and time at which the authority to tow or salvage is signed,
and has signed, and
obtained the signature of the person authorising the tow or salvage to, both
copies of that statement when so completed.
(2) The original of
the signed completed statement shall be handed by the driver of the tow truck
to the person authorising the tow or salvage.
(3) The duplicate of
the signed completed statement shall be handed by the driver to the person
licensed to operate that tow truck, and shall thereafter be retained by the
operator for a period of 12 months.
(4) A driver of a tow
truck who tows or attempts to tow away or salvage any vehicle contrary to the
provisions of this regulation is guilty of an offence.
[Regulation 14 amended in Gazette
2 Feb 1982 p. 405; 7 Dec 1999 p. 5999.]