Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) A person must not drive or park, or permit someone else to drive or park, a vehicle on a road if--
(a) the vehicle is not fitted with the equipment (the equipment) mentioned in, or required by, the vehicle standards, other than optional equipment, that is appropriate to the vehicle; or
(b) the equipment does not comply with the requirements specified in the vehicle standards; or
(c) the vehicle is not otherwise constructed and loaded to comply with the vehicle standards; or
(d) the vehicle, its parts or equipment are not in safe condition; or
(e) the vehicle is not unsafe, but it is otherwise defective; or
(f) optional equipment fitted to the vehicle does not comply with the requirements in the vehicle standards for the optional equipment; or
(g) the stationary noise level of the vehicle does not comply with the vehicle standards.
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1)(a), a vehicle is taken to be not fitted with the equipment mentioned in subsection (1)(a) unless--
(a) the equipment is fitted securely to the vehicle; or
(b) the vehicle standards impose a different requirement for fitting the equipment to the vehicle and it is fitted as required by the standards.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1)(f), optional equipment mentioned in subsection (1)(f) fitted to a vehicle is taken to not comply with the requirements of the vehicle standards unless--
(a) the optional equipment is fitted securely to the vehicle; or
(b) the vehicle standards impose a different requirement for fitting the optional equipment to the vehicle and it is fitted as required by the standards.