New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 513

513 Direction to stop heavy vehicle to enable exercise of other powers

(1) To enable an authorised officer to exercise a power under this Law, the officer may direct the driver of a heavy vehicle to stop the vehicle.

Example--: An authorised officer may direct the driver of a heavy vehicle to stop the vehicle so that the authorised officer can enter and inspect it under section 520 or enter and search it under section 521.

(2) The direction may be given orally or in any other way, including, for example, by way of a sign or electronic or other signal.

(3) The direction may require the heavy vehicle to be--

(a) stopped immediately; or

(b) stopped at a place indicated by the authorised officer as the nearest place for it to be safely stopped.

(4) A person given a direction under subsection (1) must comply with the direction, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

: Maximum penalty--$6000.

Editorial note--: See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(5) When the heavy vehicle stops, the authorised officer must as soon as practicable produce for the inspection of the vehicle's driver--

(a) for an authorised officer who is a police officer--an identity card or other document evidencing the officer's appointment as a police officer; or

(b) for an authorised officer who is not a police officer--the identity card issued to the officer under this Law or another document evidencing the officer's appointment as an authorised officer.

(6) Subsection (5)(a) does not apply to a police officer in uniform.

(7) In this section--

"stop a heavy vehicle" means to stop the vehicle and keep it stationary.