Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008

A police officer may, for MDLR compliance purposes, direct an involved person who is associated with a particular vehicle to provide information to the officer about the vehicle or any load or equipment carried or intended to be carried by the vehicle.

Without limiting the above, a direction under subsection (1) may require the involved person to do any or all of the following —

state the name and home address and, in the case of an individual, the business address of any of the following —

other involved persons of specified classes who are associated with the vehicle;

a responsible person for the vehicle;

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

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

the route or intended route of the trip;

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

A direction under subsection (1) must state that the direction must be complied with —

then and there; or

within a specified period.

A person to whom a direction is given under subsection (1) must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the direction.

A person to whom a direction is given under subsection (1) must not provide information that is false or misleading in a material particular in purported compliance with the direction.

In subsection (3) —

that the person did not know and could not have been reasonably expected to know or ascertain the required information; and

in relation to a failure to state another person’s business address —

that the other person did not have a business address; or

that the business conducted by the other person at that address was not directly or indirectly connected with road transport,

Despite subsection (5), information provided by a person in compliance with a direction under subsection (1) is not admissible in evidence in any proceedings against the person other than a prosecution for an offence under subsection (4).