Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 56

56 Additional power of inquiry for relevant vehicle incidents

(1) It is lawful for a police officer to make any reasonably necessary inquiry, investigation, inspection, examination or test—

(a) to obtain information about a vehicle, train, tram, animal or other property involved in a relevant vehicle incident; or

(b) to obtain information about the cause of a relevant vehicle incident and the circumstances in which it happened.

(2) Also, it is lawful for a police officer to make any reasonably necessary inquiry or investigation to obtain information about a person involved in a relevant vehicle incident.

(3) For subsection (1) or (2) , a police officer may require a person to answer any question put to the person by the police officer or provide information relevant to the incident.

(4) A person who is required by a police officer to provide information relevant to the incident must not provide any information the person knows to be false.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.