Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A person
who —
(a)
causes or attempts to cause, or induces or attempts to induce, by any trick,
pretence, force, threat or persistent soliciting, or unfair means, any person
to sign an authority to lift, salvage, carry or tow any vehicle involved in an
accident;
(b)
intimidates or attempts to intimidate by threat or force the driver of any tow
truck from lifting, salvaging, carrying or towing any such vehicle if that
driver is acting in accordance with the provisions of these regulations; or
(c)
refuses or neglects to deliver up a vehicle or any articles of value in a
vehicle when requested by the owner, where the charges referred to in
regulation 17 in respect of the carrying, salvaging, towing or storage of
that vehicle, have been tendered by the owner to such person and no lawful
cause for such refusal of neglect is proved,
is guilty of an
offence.
(2) A person who
commits an offence against these regulations is liable —
(a) for
a first offence, to a penalty not exceeding $100; and
(b) for
a second or subsequent offence, to a penalty not exceeding $200.
[Regulation 18 amended in Gazette
10 Nov 1977 p. 4192.]