Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 49A

49A Direction to provide information about transport of dangerous goods

(1) This section applies to a person involved in the transport of dangerous goods.

(2) An authorised officer may, for compliance purposes, give the person a direction to provide information to the officer about the dangerous goods, a prescribed dangerous goods vehicle carrying or intended to be used for carrying the dangerous goods, or any other load or equipment carried or intended to be carried by the vehicle.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2) , a direction under that subsection may require a person who is associated with a particular vehicle to provide information about the current or intended journey of the vehicle, including, for example, the following—

(a) the location of the start or intended start of the journey;

(b) the route or intended route of the journey;

(c) the location of the destination or intended destination of the journey.

(4) In giving a direction under subsection (2) to a person, the authorised officer must warn the person it is an offence to fail to give the information, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

(5) A person given a direction under subsection (2) must comply with the direction, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—45 penalty units.

(6) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual to fail to give the information if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual.

(7) In this section—

"compliance purposes" means—

(a) to find out whether this Act is being complied with; or

(b) to investigate a vehicle offence, suspected vehicle offence, dangerous goods offence, or a suspected dangerous goods offence.

"dangerous goods offence" see section 48A (8) .

"vehicle offence" see section 48A (8) .