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ROAD TRANSPORT (VEHICLE REGISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 27

Identifying dangerously defective vehicles

    (1)     To decide whether a registrable vehicle being used on a road or road related area is dangerously defective, a police officer or authorised person may inspect and test the vehicle.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), a police officer or authorised person may, for that subsection, do 1 or more of the following:

        (a)     request or signal the driver of a registrable vehicle to stop the vehicle;

        (b)     request the driver of a registrable vehicle to give the police officer or authorised person any information the police officer or authorised person reasonably requires to inspect or test the vehicle;

        (c)     request the driver of a registrable vehicle to do anything else the police officer or authorised person reasonably requires to inspect or test the vehicle.

    (3)     If a registrable vehicle is stopped because of a request or signal under subsection (2) (a), any inspection or testing of the vehicle must be carried out—

        (a)     at, or as near as practicable to, the place where the request or signal is made or given; and

        (b)     as soon as practicable, and in any case within 1 hour, after the vehicle is stopped.

    (4)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a request or signal made or given by a police officer or authorised person under this section.

Maximum penalty (subsection (4)): 20 penalty units.



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