Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) An authorised officer may specify in a defect notice, that the prohibition on use of the vehicle does not operate if the person driving the vehicle complies with specified conditions.
Example--
If a vehicle has faulty windscreen wipers, a person may be prohibited from driving a vehicle only while it is raining.
(2) If an authorised officer reasonably believes--
(a) that a vehicle is defective; or
(b) that a vehicle is not defective, but that its driving or parking on a road by a person would, for another reason, be in contravention of section 5;
the authorised officer may, by notice in the approved form, require the owner of the vehicle to take stated reasonable action to ensure that the vehicle is not defective or that its driving or parking on a road by a person would not, for another reason, be in contravention of section 5.
(3) A person must comply with a requirement of a defect notice given under subsection (2), unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty--30 penalty units.
(4) A person need not comply with a requirement of a defect notice if--
(a) the vehicle's registration is cancelled and the person gives the authorised officer who issued the defect notice written notice of that fact within 7 days after the cancellation; or
(b) the vehicle is disposed of to a motor dealer and the person gives the chief executive written notice of the name and address of the motor dealer within 7 days after the disposal.
(4A) A defect notice may be given to--
(a) the vehicle's owner; or
(b) a person who is driving the vehicle when the defect notice is issued, whether or not the driver is also the owner.
(5) If the driver to whom a defect notice is given is not the owner, the driver must give the defect notice to the owner at the earliest opportunity, but in any event, within 48 hours, unless the driver has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty--30 penalty units.