Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRAFFIC REGULATION 1962 - REG 126

126 Advertising, placards, handbills etc.

(1) A person shall not—

(a) upon any road for the purpose of business advertising—

(i) carry any advertisement, placard, board, notice or sign;

(ii) throw or distribute any handbill or other printed or written matter; or

(b) in respect of a vehicle on which or alongside of which an advertisement is being displayed—drive, or permit to be driven, that vehicle on a road or cause or permit that vehicle to stop on a road in such circumstances that the primary purpose for which the vehicle is being driven or stopped at the material time is business advertising;

unless the person is the holder of a permit issued by the chief executive or commissioner authorising the person so to do and unless the person complies in every respect with the terms and conditions of such permit.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) Without limiting the liability of any other person where an offence is committed in relation of a breach of subsection (1) (b) , the person who at the time of the commission of the breach was the owner of the vehicle shall be deemed to have committed that offence and may be proceeded against and shall be punishable accordingly.

(3) In this section—

"business advertising" includes advertising for a single event, financial venture, fete, stall or sale.