Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if an authorised officer reasonably believes--
(a) a heavy vehicle is the subject of 1 or more substantial risk breaches of mass, dimension or loading requirements; and
(b) the heavy vehicle is not, or is no longer, also the subject of a severe risk breach of a mass, dimension or loading requirement.
(2) The authorised officer must give the driver or operator of the heavy vehicle--
(a) a direction not to move the vehicle until stated breaches of mass, dimension or loading requirements relating to the vehicle are rectified; or
(b) a direction to move the heavy vehicle, or cause it to be moved, to a stated reasonable place and not to move it from there until stated breaches of mass, dimension or loading requirements relating to the vehicle are rectified, if circumstances warranting the giving of the direction exist.
Examples of reasonable place for paragraph (b)--
the intended destination of the vehicle's journey
the depot of the vehicle or, if the vehicle is a combination, the depot of a vehicle in the combination
Example of circumstances for paragraph (b)--
Moving the vehicle is necessary in the public interest to avoid the potential risk of harm to public safety, the environment, road infrastructure or public amenity.
(3) The direction must be in writing and may be given with or without conditions.
(4) Despite subsection (3), a direction to move a heavy vehicle may be given orally if the moving of the vehicle is carried out in the presence, or under the supervision, of an authorised officer.
(5) The person to whom the direction is given must comply with it, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty--90 penalty units.
(6) In this section--
stated means stated by the authorised officer.