Road Traffic Act 1961

An authorised officer may, for compliance purposes, direct a responsible person to provide information to the officer about a vehicle or any load or equipment carried or intended to be carried by a vehicle.

Without limiting the above, a direction under subsection (1) may require a responsible person who is associated with a particular vehicle to do any or all of the following:

to state the name, home address and business address of—

other responsible persons of specified types who are associated with the vehicle; and

if so requested, in the case of a combination, the registered operator of each vehicle in the combination;

to provide information about the current or intended trip of the vehicle, including—

the location of the start or intended start of the trip; and

the route or intended route of the trip; and

the location of the destination or intended destination of the trip.

A person commits an offence if—

the person is subject to a direction under subsection (1);

the person—

engages in conduct that results in a contravention of the direction; or

the person provides any information that is false or misleading in a material particular in purported response to the direction.

In proceedings for an offence of contravening a direction under subsection (1), it is a defence if the person charged establishes that the person did not know and could not be reasonably expected to know or ascertain the required information.

In proceedings for an offence of contravening a direction under subsection (1) in relation to a failure to state another person's business address, it is a defence if the person charged establishes that—

the other person did not have a business address; or

the other person's business address was not connected (directly or indirectly) with road transport involving vehicles.