Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 91ZQA

91ZQA Avoiding detection or prosecution

(1) A person must not take steps to avoid detection of, or prosecution for, conduct that involves the commission of a chapter 7 offence by the person or another person.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—3,000 penalty units.

(2) A person may be convicted of an offence against subsection (1) in relation to a person’s conduct even if no one has been proceeded against for, or convicted of, the offence involving the conduct.

(3) In this section—

"chapter 7 offence" means an offence against a provision of this chapter.

"conduct" means an act or an omission to perform an act.

"take steps" , to do something, includes organise, plan, facilitate, support, engage in, or otherwise conspire to take steps in, doing the thing.

Note—

If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 91ZQB , to have also committed the offence.