DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1985 - SECT 13A Power to inspect vehicles

DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1985 - SECT 13A

    (1)     An inspector may stop, detain, inspect, examine or move to some suitable place for inspection and examination any vehicle, ship or boat used, or that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds is being, or is likely to be, used for the transport of dangerous goods.

    (2)     For the purposes of this section—

        (a)     the inspector may require the owner of, or the person having the control or management of, the vehicle, ship or boat to move the vehicle, ship or boat to the suitable place; or

        (b)     the Authority may engage a suitably qualified person to move the vehicle, ship or boat to the suitable place, and may recover the cost of doing so from the owner of the vehicle, ship or boat.

    (3)     A requirement under subsection (2)(a) may be made—

        (a)     orally; or

        (b)     by notice in writing served on the owner of, or the person having the control or management of, the vehicle, ship or boat that specifies by when the vehicle, ship or boat must be taken to the suitable place.

    (4)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under subsection (2)(a).

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.

Note

The powers conferred by this section are limited in respect of a part of a place that is used only for residential purposes (see section 16).

S. 13B inserted by No. 31/2005 s. 9.