Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ACCREDITATION AND OTHER PROVISIONS) REGULATION 2015 - REG 138

138 Way to require vehicles to stop or move in preparation for stopping—Act, ss 31(3) and 32(3) and (4)

(1) For section 31 (3) or 32 (3) of the Act , an authorised officer may require the person in control of a motor vehicle to stop the vehicle or, for section 32 (4) of the Act , to move the vehicle in preparation for stopping it—

(a) by signalling in a way stated in schedule 4 ; or

(b) by a sign displayed—

(i) by the authorised officer; or

(ii) on or in the vicinity of the road.

Examples for paragraph (b)(ii)—

• a sign indicating that trucks must stop at a weighbridge when it is open

• a sign indicating that trucks must use left lane

• a sign indicating that trucks must exit

(2) To help in attracting the attention of the person in control of the motor vehicle to the authorised officer’s signal or sign, an authorised officer who is not a police officer may, on the officer’s vehicle—

(a) display flashing magenta coloured lights; or

(b) operate a horn.