Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - 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.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—$6000.

(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.