Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 18

(1) Each of the following is a ground for amending, suspending or cancelling an approval--

(a) the approval was issued because of a document or representation that is--

(i) false or misleading; or

(ii) obtained or made in another improper way;

(b) the holder of the approval has contravened a condition of the approval;

(c) the holder has been convicted of--

(i) an offence against this Act or a corresponding law; or

(ii) for the holder of an approval prescribed under a regulation--a disqualifying offence;

(d) for the registration of a motor vehicle with a GVM of more than 4.5t--the vehicle has been used to commit an offence against this Act or a corresponding law;

(e) for an approval of an alternative compliance scheme--

(i) the scheme is not, or is no longer, an effective way of demonstrating the operator's vehicles or drivers operating under it in Queensland achieve the relevant purpose prescribed under section 15(2); or

(ii) for an interstate scheme--the approval under a corresponding law to this chapter is amended, suspended or cancelled;

(f) for a permit under section 111(1)(a)--the holder's ability to walk is no longer impaired;

(g) for an approval that exempts a person from complying with a provision of this Act--

(i) public safety has been endangered, or is likely to be endangered because of the approval; or

(ii) transport infrastructure within the meaning of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 has been damaged, or is likely to be damaged because of the approval;

(h) for any approval other than an approval mentioned in paragraph (g)--public safety has been endangered, or is likely to be endangered, because of the approval;

(i) for an approval that is an accreditation or exemption granted under a fatigue management regulation or a dangerous goods driver licence--the person to whom the accreditation, exemption or licence is granted or applies no longer satisfies the criteria, however described, under the regulation for the approval;

(j) for an approval that is an exemption granted under a fatigue management regulation--

(i) a change in circumstances has happened after the exemption was granted; and

(ii) had the changed circumstances existed when the exemption was granted, the exemption would not have been granted under the regulation because of the requirements under the regulation applying to the grant;

(k) for an approval prescribed under a dangerous goods regulation as an approval for this paragraph--

(i) a change in circumstances has happened after the approval was granted; and

(ii) had the changed circumstances existed when the approval was granted, the approval would not have been granted under the regulation because of the requirements under the regulation applying to the grant;

(l) for an approval prescribed under a dangerous goods regulation as an approval for this paragraph--the holder has contravened this Act or a corresponding law and the contravention makes the holder unsuitable to continue to hold the approval;

(m) for an approval that is a dangerous goods driver licence--the holder is suffering from a medical condition or has a physical or mental incapacity, that makes the holder unsuitable to continue to hold the licence;

(n) for an approval that is a dangerous goods vehicle licence--the vehicle does not comply with this Act;

(o) the chief executive considers it necessary in the public interest.

(2) In this section--

dangerous goods driver licence means a licence, as prescribed under a dangerous goods regulation, to drive a dangerous goods vehicle.

dangerous goods vehicle licence means a licence, as prescribed under a dangerous goods regulation, of a dangerous goods vehicle.

operator see section 15(1).