Tow-truck Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1992 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1992 No. 291 Tow Truck Act 1973 TOW TRUCK AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 2) 1992 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Amended regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Omission of s.4 (Arrangement of regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s.5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s.49 (Offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Replacement of s.50 (Notice in writing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 50 Penalty notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 Omission of ss.51 and 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Replacement of Schedule 4 (Penalties) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SCHEDULE 4 PENALTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Tow Truck Amendment (No. 2) No. 291, 1992 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Tow Truck Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1992 . ˙ Amended regulation 2. The Tow Truck Regulation 1988 is amended as set out in this regulation. ˙ Omission of s.4 (Arrangement of regulations) 3. Section 4— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.5 (Interpretation) 4. Section 5— insert— ‘ “approved form” means a form approved by the Director-General for the purposes specified in the form; ’. ˙ Amendment of s.49 (Offences) 5. Section 49(4)— omit. ˙ Replacement of s.50 (Notice in writing) 6. Section 50— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Penalty notices ‘50.(1) If an authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that an offence against a section set out in column 1 of Schedule 4 has been committed, the authorised officer may serve a penalty notice on the alleged offender.

3 Tow Truck Amendment (No. 2) No. 291, 1992 ‘(2) The penalty notice must— (a) be in an approved form; and (b) be identified by a serial number; and (c) specify the full name, or surname and initials, and address of the alleged offender; and (d) specify the date and place the alleged offence was committed; and (e) specify the nature of the alleged offence; and (f) specify the prescribed penalty for the alleged offence; and (g) specify that if the alleged offender does not wish the matter to be dealt with by a court, the alleged offender may pay the prescribed penalty to the Director-General within— (i) 28 days after service of the penalty notice; or (ii) such further time as the Director-General allows, whether before or after the end of that period; and (h) specify where the prescribed penalty may be paid. ‘(3) The prescribed penalty for an offence set out in column 1 of Schedule 4 is the corresponding amount set out— (a) in column 2 for a first offence; or (b) in column 3 for a subsequent offence committed within 5 years after the commission of another such offence. ‘(4) Any liability in relation to the alleged offence is discharged and no further proceedings may be taken if the alleged offender pays the prescribed penalty within— (a) the 28 day period specified in the penalty notice; or (b) such further time as the Director-General allows. ‘(5) For the purposes of determining if a subsequent offence has been committed, an alleged offender is taken to have committed another such offence on the day on which— (a) the prescribed penalty for the offence is paid to the Director-General; or (b) the alleged offender is convicted of the offence.

4 Tow Truck Amendment (No. 2) No. 291, 1992 ‘(6) Except as stated in subsection (4), this section does not— (a) prejudice or affect the institution or prosecution of proceedings for an alleged offence; or (b) limit the amount of the penalty that may be imposed by a court for an alleged offence. ‘(7) Nothing in this section is to be construed— (a) as requiring the service of a penalty notice; or (b) as affecting the liability of a person to be prosecuted in a court for an alleged offence for which a notice has not been served. ’. ˙ Omission of ss.51 and 52 7. Sections 51 and 52— omit. ˙ Replacement of Schedule 4 (Penalties) 8. Schedule 4— omit, insert— ‘SCHEDULE 4 ‘ ´ PENALTIES section 50 Column 1 Section 5 of the Act 12 of the Act 13 of the Act 22 to 26 of the Act 35 of the Act Column 2 First offence ) $120.00 ) ) ) ) Column 3 Subsequent offence $150.00

5 Tow Truck Amendment (No. 2) SCHEDULE 4 (continued) 17 18 21 22 24 25 26(1) 27 28 30(c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) 31 to 33 35 37(a) and (b) 38 to 41 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) $75.00 No. 291, 1992 $100.00 ’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 8 October 1992. 2. Notified in the Gazette on 9 October 1992. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Transport Department. The State of Queensland 1992