Land Transport Act 1998

Proceedings enforcing responsibilities - Infringement offences

139A: Towage fees if parking offences prosecuted

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"Paying for your car to be towed if you break parking rules"

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If you are found guilty of a parking offence, you may have to pay a towage fee. You will have to pay this fee if the court is satisfied that an enforcement authority had expenses for moving your vehicle. The court will order you to pay the fee, which will then be given to the enforcement authority that incurred the expenses. If you are ordered to pay a towage fee, the amount you pay will go to the enforcement authority that paid for the towage. This can happen if you are taken to court for a parking offence, even if the court case started with a reminder notice filed under section 21(5) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957. The enforcement authority will get the money you pay for the towage fee. You will have to pay the towage fee in addition to any fine and court costs you are ordered to pay. The court will decide how much you have to pay for the towage fee. The fee is for the expenses the enforcement authority had when they moved your vehicle because of the parking offence.

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Part 10Proceedings enforcing responsibilities
Infringement offences

139ATowage fees if parking offences prosecuted

  1. The court must order the defendant to pay, in addition to any fine and any costs ordered by the court, the amount of the appropriate towage fee if, in proceedings in respect of a parking offence,—

  2. the defendant is found guilty of, or pleads guilty to, the offence; and
    1. the court is satisfied that expenses have been incurred by an enforcement authority in respect of the movement or proposed movement of the vehicle involved in the offence (whether or not the vehicle was in fact moved).
      1. If, in proceedings in respect of a parking offence (including proceedings commenced by the filing of a copy of a reminder notice under section 21(5) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 or the provision of particulars of a reminder notice under section 21 of that Act), the defendant is ordered to pay an amount in respect of a towage fee, the amount of the fee recovered must be paid to the enforcement authority that incurred the towage expenses.

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      • Section 139A: inserted, on , by section 76 of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).