Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) This section applies if a vehicle that is the subject of an inspection report is returned for reinspection, within 14 days, to the AIS where the inspection report was issued.
(2) The person who signed the inspection report for the vehicle under section 17(8) must carry out the reinspection of the vehicle.
Maximum penalty--30 penalty units.
(3) However, if the approved examiner who signed the inspection report is absent from the AIS when the vehicle is to be reinspected, the reinspection may be done by another approved examiner who is accredited--
(a) to work at the AIS; and
(b) to inspect that type of vehicle.
(4) If neither a person mentioned in subsection (2) nor a person mentioned in subsection (3) is able to inspect the vehicle, the proprietor must--
(a) arrange for a full inspection of the vehicle at another time convenient to the vehicle's owner, at no further cost to the owner; or
(b) refund the amount paid for the vehicle's first inspection to the owner.
Maximum penalty--30 penalty units.
(5) If, after the reinspection, the approved examiner reasonably considers the defects specified in the inspection report have been satisfactorily corrected, the proprietor must immediately--
(a) for an SC vehicle--give a safety certificate to the vehicle's owner or driver; or
(b) for a COI vehicle--give a certificate of inspection to the vehicle's owner or driver.
Maximum penalty--30 penalty units.
(6) If, after the reinspection, the approved examiner reasonably considers the defects specified in the inspection report have not been satisfactorily corrected or the vehicle is otherwise defective, the approved examiner must immediately--
(a) give the vehicle's owner or driver the inspection report that specifies how the vehicle is still defective; and
(b) mark the corresponding inspection certificate as cancelled.
Maximum penalty--30 penalty units.