Queensland Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING INSPECTORS ACT 2014 - SECT 36

36 Failure to comply with direction

(1) The person in control of the vehicle must comply with a direction under section 34 unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.

(2) It is a reasonable excuse for the person not to comply with a direction if—

(a) the vehicle was moving and the inspector did not comply with section 35 ; or

(b) to comply immediately would have endangered someone else or caused loss or damage to property, and the person complies as soon as it is practicable to do so.

(3) Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1) .

(4) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if—

(a) the direction the person fails to comply with is given under section 34 (2) ; and

(b) the person is not given an offence warning for the direction.