Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 50AB

50AB Power to require help to find and access particular documents or information

(1) An authorised officer may require a relevant person for a heavy vehicle or a person involved in the transport of dangerous goods to help the officer find and gain access to any documents or information to enable the officer to effectively exercise a power under any of the following provisions for monitoring or enforcing compliance with this Act—

†¢ section 30 (2) (a) or (b)

†¢ section 30A (2) or (4)

†¢ section 35 (2) (b) or (c)

†¢ section 35A (2) or (3)

†¢ section 40

†¢ section 40A .

Examples of documents or information—

• a document required to be kept in the vehicle under a transport Act about the vehicle’s performance, specifications, capabilities or authorised operations

• a weighing document for a container loaded on to the vehicle

• a telephone record

(2) A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (1) , unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—90 penalty units.

(3) For subsection (1) , a relevant person for the heavy vehicle is—

(a) a person in control of the vehicle; or

(b) a person at a place entered by the authorised officer for exercising a power under this Act in relation to the heavy vehicle.

(4) In this section—

"information" includes electronically stored information.