Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 52

52 False or misleading statements

(1) In this section—

"official" means the chief executive, the commissioner, an authorised officer, an accredited person or the SPEA administering authority for a camera-detected offence.

"transport Act" does not include the Tow Truck Act 2023 .

(2) A person must not, in relation to the administration of a transport Act, state anything to an official that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) if the statement relates to a heavy vehicle, a prescribed dangerous goods vehicle or the transport of dangerous goods—100 penalty units; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply and the statement is made in an online declaration under section 114 —60 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or

(c) otherwise—60 penalty units.

(3) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (2) to state that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge.