Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 135

135 Stopping animals for prescribed purposes

(1) A police officer may require the person in control of an animal, whether or not the animal is pulling a vehicle, to stop the animal for a prescribed purpose.

(2) The person must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(3) The prescribed purposes are as follows—

(a) for enforcing a transport Act;

(b) to check whether the vehicle the animal is pulling or the person in control of the animal is complying with a transport Act;

(c) for monitoring or enforcing a liquor provision;

(d) for enforcing a contravention of law involving putting, dropping and leaving litter on a public place.

(4) For monitoring or enforcing a liquor provision, the police officer may exercise any of the following powers if the police officer reasonably suspects the exercise of the power may be effective for the purpose—

(a) if the animal is pulling a vehicle—enter the vehicle and remain in it for the time reasonably necessary for the purpose;

(b) search anything on the animal or in the vehicle;

(c) photograph or film—

(i) the animal and anything on the animal; and

(ii) if the animal is pulling a vehicle, the vehicle or anything in it;

(d) if the animal is pulling a vehicle, inspect, measure or test the vehicle or anything in it;

(e) take samples of anything on the animal or in the vehicle;

(f) seize anything the officer reasonably suspects is evidence of the commission of an offence against a liquor provision;

(g) copy a document in something on the animal or in the vehicle;

(h) move the vehicle’s load.

(5) In this section—

"in" , for a vehicle, includes on the vehicle.

"liquor provision" means any of the following provisions—

(a) the Liquor Act 1992 , section 168B , 168C , 169 or 171 ;

(b) the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984 , section 34 or 38 .

"monitor" , a liquor provision, means check whether the provision is being complied with.