Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 51I

51I Recovering moving expenses

(1) The chief executive may recover as a debt the moving expenses for a removed thing incurred by the State under this part.

(2) The moving expenses may be recovered from—

(a) the person who was in control of the removed thing immediately before it was moved or removed; or

(b) if the identity of the person mentioned in paragraph (a) can not be discovered—the removed thing’s owner, unless the removed thing was being used without the owner’s consent.

(3) The moving expenses claimed under subsection (1) must be reasonable.

(4) If moving expenses were incurred because of the paramount or high degree of importance given to moving or removing the removed thing on or from the road quickly as mentioned in section 51N (2) (a) , a court must act on the basis that the expenses were reasonable.