Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

This section applies to a police officer who reasonably suspects—

a vehicle at a place the police officer has entered under this Act or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) is used, or is being used, to transport dangerous goods; or

a heavy vehicle or prescribed vehicle is being, or has just been, used to transport dangerous goods; or

a vehicle is being, or has just been, used to commit an offence against a transport Act or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland); or

a vehicle, or a thing in or on it, may provide evidence of the commission of an offence against a transport Act or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland); or

the driver of a heavy vehicle is required under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) to keep a document relating to driving hours.

The police officer may, for enforcing a transport Act or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland)—

enter the vehicle; or

search any part of the vehicle; or

inspect, measure, weigh, test, photograph or film the vehicle or anything in or on it; or

take samples of the vehicle or anything in it; or

copy, or take an extract from, a document in the vehicle; orExample—download information contained on a disk, tape or other device

move the vehicle’s load; or

take the persons, equipment and materials the officer reasonably requires into the vehicle.

In this section—document includes a work diary as defined in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland), section 221.prescribed vehicle means a prescribed vehicle under the Road Use Management Act.