Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 64

(1) This section applies to a police officer who reasonably suspects--

(a) a vehicle at a place the police officer has entered under this Act is used, or is being used, to transport dangerous goods; or

(b) a heavy vehicle is being, or has just been, used to transport dangerous goods; or

(c) a vehicle is being, or has just been, used to commit an offence against a transport Act; or

(d) a vehicle, or a thing in or on it, may provide evidence of the commission of an offence against a transport Act; or

(e) the driver of a heavy vehicle is required under a transport Act to keep a document relating to driving hours.

(2) The police officer may, for enforcing a transport Act--

(a) enter the vehicle; or

(b) search any part of the vehicle; or

(c) inspect, measure, test, photograph or film the vehicle or anything in or on it; or

(d) take samples of the vehicle or anything in it; or

(e) copy a document in the vehicle; or

(f) move the vehicle's load.