Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--VEHICLE STANDARDS AND SAFETY) REGULATION 2021 - REG 12

12 Defective vehicle labels

(1) An authorised officer who issues a defect notice for a light vehicle may attach a defective vehicle label to the vehicle.

(2) The defective vehicle label must be attached in a conspicuous place on the light vehicle.

(3) A person must not alter or deface a defective vehicle label attached to a light vehicle unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(4) A person must not remove a defective vehicle label attached to a light vehicle unless the person—

(a) is an authorised officer; or

(b) is authorised under section 13 to sign the clearance declaration for the defect notice related to the label; or

(c) has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(5) In this section—

"defective vehicle label" means a label in the approved form stating a light vehicle is defective.