Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

If a police officer reasonably suspects a vehicle may not comply with a transport Act or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland), the police officer may require either of the following to have the vehicle inspected at a stated reasonable time and place—

the owner of the vehicle;

if there is a registered operator for the vehicle and the registered operator, apart from being the registered operator, is not the owner of the vehicle—the registered operator for the vehicle.

The requirement—

must be made by notice in the approved form; or

if for any reason it is not practicable to give the notice, may be made orally and confirmed by notice in the approved form as soon as practicable.

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

for a heavy vehicle, if the inspection relates to compliance with the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland)—the corresponding HVNL(Q) penalty amount; orNote—On the commencement of this note, the corresponding HVNL(Q) penalty amount was $6,000. Generally, see section 53C.

otherwise—60 penalty units.

In this section—owner, of a vehicle, has the meaning given under the Road Use Management Act, schedule 4.