Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 67

67 Power to prohibit persons driving

(1) This section applies to the person in control of a motor vehicle that is stationary on a road or has been stopped under section 60 or under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) .

(2) If a police officer reasonably suspects the person in control would contravene the Road Use Management Act by driving the vehicle, the officer may, by notice in the approved form, require the person in control not to drive the vehicle in contravention of that Act.

(3) A person must not contravene, or attempt to contravene, a requirement under subsection (2) , unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (3) —

(a) for a private vehicle—60 penalty units; or

(b) otherwise—90 penalty units.