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 see section 16(2).
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.
digital photo means a facial image encoded in a digital form.
digitised signature means a person's signature encoded in a digital form.
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 see section 16(1).
electronic communication see the Electronic Transactions (Queensland) Act 2001, schedule 2.
executive officer, of a corporation, means a person who is concerned with, or takes part in, the corporation's management, whether or not the person is a director, or the person's position is given the name of executive officer.
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.
most recent digital photo, of a person—
(a) means the most recent digital photo of the person taken and kept by—
(i) the chief executive under section 19A; or
(ii) any chief executive under a prescribed smartcard Act; and
(b) includes the most recent digital photo taken and kept under the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 by the general manager appointed under the Maritime Safety Queensland Act 2002.
most recent digitised signature, of a person—
(a) means the most recent digitised signature of the person taken and kept by—
(i) the chief executive under section 19A; or
(ii) any chief executive under a prescribed smartcard Act; and
(b) includes the most recent digitised signature taken and kept under the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 by the general manager appointed under the Maritime Safety Queensland Act 2002.
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) a permit issued under section 11; or
(b) a permit granted under section 19.
prescribed review information, for a decision, means information that a person to whom a notice about the decision is given under section 21B(1) or 21D(6) may—
(a) under section 28—ask for the decision to be reviewed by the chief executive; and
(b) under the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, part 5, division 2—apply to QCAT for the decision to be stayed; and
(c) under section 29—ask for the chief executive's decision on the review (the reviewed decision) to be reviewed by QCAT; and
(d) under the QCAT Act—apply for the reviewed decision to be stayed.
prescribed smartcard Act means any of the following Acts—
(a) the Adult Proof of Age Card Act 2008;
(b) the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994;
(c) the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994;
(d) the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995.
retention period, for a digital photo and digitised signature, means the retention period worked out under section 19F.
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.
shelf life, of a digital photo and digitised signature, means 10 years after the photo and signature are taken.
smartcard assistant's certificate means an assistant's certificate in the form provided for under section 43(3)(a).
smartcard certificate means a smartcard driver's certificate or a smartcard assistant's certificate.
smartcard driver's certificate means a driver's certificate in the form provided for under section 43(3)(a).
take, in relation to a digital photo or digitised signature, includes obtain.
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.