Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 126M

126M Additional power to require information or produce document

(1) This section applies if an authorised person reasonably believes a person may be able to give information or produce a document that will help deal with a dangerous situation.

(2) The authorised person may require the person to give the information or produce the document.

(3) The person must give the information or produce the document, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) if the contravention results in the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, a person—270 penalty units; or

(b) otherwise—135 penalty units.

(4) The fact that giving the information or providing the document might tend to incriminate the person is not a reasonable excuse for subsection (3) .

(5) However, evidence of, or directly or indirectly derived from, the information or the production of the document that might tend to incriminate the person is not admissible in evidence against the person in a proceeding, other than a proceeding for—

(a) an offence against section 130 or 131 ; or

(b) another offence about the falsity of the information or document.