The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal from a District Court decision declining to extend time for an appeal against two speeding convictions entered in absence. The applicant failed to provide any reason for the lengthy delay in appealing and raised only frivolous grounds, including sovereign citizen-type arguments. The Court confirmed that a challenge to the accuracy of speed measuring devices under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld) requires compliance with the notice requirements in ss 124(4) and (5) of that Act.
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