"[Police] will be able to issue an infringement notice of $1000 for an individual and.. $3000 for a company," Phil Twyford said. And if the case went to court, an individual could be fined up to $3000 and a company, $15,000.
Speaking from her Glen Eden home shortly after the announcement, Louise Allen told the Herald the proposed legislation was a "step in the right direction" but didn't go far enough.
"It doesn't address the fact that when they are doing this clamping, they're actually inciting people to get angry and aggressive because they're doing something to somebody's car," she said.
Allen thinks between now and when the legislation comes into effect, violence may escalate.
"When it's $100 you might find clampers becoming more aggressive because they need to clamp more to earn the money that they used to earn just clamping one," she said.
"If they're clamping at $400 each, then they're going to be four times more aggressive."
Mark Stockdale, AA principal adviser for regulations, said having no regulations for wheel clamping has allowed anyone to set themselves up in the clamping business and charge any penalties they like, on any private property, any time.
He said $100 was disproportionate for the offence and it didn't solve the problem of denying motorists the opportunity to dispute a wheel clamp penalty without paying on the spot.
"The AA also believes wheel clampers should be regulated, the same way tow truck operators are.
"Tow truck companies have to be licensed, they have to keep a record of the opposed, they have to have uniforms so that people can see that they are professional and not someone stealing their car."
The proposed legislation is hoped to go before Parliament by the end of the year, to come into effective this time next year.