Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to an inspector who reasonably suspects--
(a) a vehicle is being, or has just been, used to commit an offence; or
(b) a vehicle, or a thing in a vehicle, may provide evidence of an offence that is being, or has just been, committed.
(2) The inspector may--
(a) enter the vehicle, using necessary and reasonable help and force; or
(b) search any part of the vehicle; or
(c) demonstrate a computer game in the vehicle; or
(d) inspect, measure, test, photograph or film any part of the vehicle or anything in the vehicle; or
(e) copy a document or a computer game in the vehicle; or
(f) take into the vehicle the persons, equipment and materials the inspector reasonably requires for exercising a power under this section; or
(g) require the person in control of the vehicle to give the inspector reasonable help to exercise the powers mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f).
(3) A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (2)(g), unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying.
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.
(4) Before entering an unattended vehicle, an inspector must take reasonable steps to advise its owner, or the person in control of it, of the intention to enter.