Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person given a notice under this subdivision must comply with the notice unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty--90 penalty units.
(2) An authorised officer who gives a person a notice under section 39K, 39L or 39N may, by stating it in the notice, allow the person to delay complying with the notice for a period of up to 1 hour if the authorised officer reasonably believes--
(a) the delay is necessary to allow the person time to drive the relevant fatigue regulated heavy vehicle to the nearest suitable rest place for fatigue regulated heavy vehicles and it is reasonably safe to allow the person to continue driving the vehicle to that place; or
(b) the delay is necessary to allow the person time to attend to, or to secure, the load on the relevant fatigue regulated heavy vehicle before taking a rest.