Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - SECT 707A

707A Proceeding for other offences

(1) The prosecution must bring a proceeding for an offence against this Law, other than an indictable offence, in a summary way.

(2) The proceeding must start—

(a) within 2 years after the offence is committed; or

(b) within 1 year after the commission of the offence comes to the complainant’s knowledge, but within 3 years after the offence is committed.

(3) A statement in a complaint for an offence against this Law that the matter of the complaint came to the complainant’s knowledge on a stated day is evidence of when the matter came to the complainant’s knowledge.

(4) A complaint for a fatigue management offence may be heard at a place appointed for holding Magistrates Courts within the district within which the defendant was required to produce the defendant’s work diary under section 568 .

Editor’s note—

This subsection is an additional Queensland provision.

(5) Subsection (4) has effect despite, but does not limit, the Justices Act 1886 , section 139 .

Editor’s note—

This subsection is an additional Queensland provision.

(6) In this section—

"fatigue management offence" means an offence against any of the following provisions—

(a) section 250 ;

(b) section 251 ;

(c) section 254 ;

(d) section 256 ;

(e) section 258 ;

(f) part 6.4 .

Editor’s note—

This subsection is an additional Queensland provision.