Queensland Numbered Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (MOTOR VEHICLE IMPOUNDMENT) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2013 No. 15 - SECT 6

(1) Section 69A(1)—

omit, insert—

'(1) A type 1 vehicle related offence means—

(a) any of the following offences committed in circumstances that involve a speed trial, a race between motor vehicles, or a burn out—

(i) an offence against the Criminal Code, section 328A committed on a road or in a public place;

(ii) an offence against the Road Use Management Act, section 83;

(iii) an offence against the Road Use Management Act, section 85;

(iv) an offence against the Road Use Management Act involving wilfully starting a motor vehicle, or driving a motor vehicle, in a way that makes unnecessary noise or smoke; or

(b) an offence against section 754(2).

Notes—

Under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 7(1) a reference to a law includes a reference to statutory instruments made or in force under the law.

At the enactment of this definition, a relevant offence for paragraph (a)(iv), for example, is an offence against the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009, section 291(1)(b).'.

(2) Section 69A(2)—

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'(f) an offence against the Road Use Management Act involving a driver of a motor vehicle in circumstances in which the driver exceeds a speed limit, applying to the driver for the length of road where the driver is driving, by more than 40km/h.

Example of relevant offence for paragraph (f)—

an offence against the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009, section 20.'.

(3) Section 69A—

insert—

'(3A) A reference in subsection (2)(e) to an offence involving a motor vehicle being driven on a road includes an offence involving modifying a vehicle if the modified vehicle is driven on a road.'.

(4) Section 69A(4), after ' section 80'—

insert—

'of the Road Use Management Act'.