Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 82I(1) amended by Nos 30/2013 s. 60(Sch. item 7), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 101.8).
(1) This section applies if a police officer exercising a power conferred (whether directly or by implication) by the Road Safety Act 1986 or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Victoria) requests or signals the driver of a motor vehicle to stop the vehicle.
S. 82I(2) amended by Nos 9/2009 s. 75(1), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 101.8).
(2) Once the vehicle has stopped, the police officer or any person who is a bailiff for the purposes of the Supreme Court Act 1986 (other than a bailiff who is a sheriff's officer) may direct the driver of the vehicle—
(a) to keep the vehicle stationary;
(b) to drive the vehicle to a designated spot;
(c) to produce his or her driver licence document or permit document;
(d) to comply with any other reasonable direction—
to enable a determination of whether the driver, or any person accompanying the driver, is named in any warrant.
Note to s. 82I(2) inserted by No. 9/2009 s. 75(2).
Note
See section 30 of the Sheriff Act 2009 for the power of the sheriff, and by delegation, sheriff's officers, at police road checks.
(3) A person who is given a direction under subsection (2) must comply with the direction unless he or she has a reasonable excuse for not doing so.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
Pt 4 Div. 4 (Headings and ss 83–92) amended by Nos
49/1991 s. 119(7)(Sch. 4 items 13.3, 13.4), 33/1994 s. 12,
109/1994 s. 33, 64/1996 s. 34, 70/1996 s. 14(a), 48/1997
s. 66(1)(2), 69/1997 s. 29,
10/1999
ss 9– 12, 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 22.7),
repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 427(1)(d) (as amended by No. 68/2009
s. 54(m)).
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Pt 4 Div. 5 (Heading and ss 93-96) amended by No. 33/1994 s. 13, 50/2006 s. 21(3), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 427(1)(d) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(m)).
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Division 6—Enforcement
Subdivision 1—Ordinary enforcement provisions