Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) For the purpose of
deciding whether to issue a compliance notice for a vehicle, a police officer
may do any or all of the following —
(a)
direct the driver to stop the vehicle;
(b)
direct the driver to move the vehicle to the nearest convenient place to
permit the police officer to examine the vehicle;
(c)
direct that the vehicle is not to be driven, for a reasonable time, until the
police officer makes a decision;
(d)
examine the vehicle and any equipment or load carried on it;
(e) give
reasonable directions to the driver about rearranging or removing, under the
supervision of the police officer, all or part of the load (if any) carried on
the vehicle so that the vehicle complies with these regulations and the
Vehicle Standards;
(f) give
any other reasonable directions to the driver about making minor alterations
to the vehicle, its equipment or load under the supervision of the police
officer so that the vehicle complies with these regulations and the Vehicle
Standards;
(g) give
reasonable directions about detaching a vehicle from a combination to permit
the remainder of the combination to be driven.
(2) For the purpose of
examining the vehicle or its equipment or load, a police officer may do any or
all of the following —
(a)
inspect and handle the vehicle, equipment or load;
(b)
test, or require the driver to test, any equipment on the vehicle that is
required to comply with these regulations or the Vehicle Standards;
(c) test
drive the vehicle, or accompany the driver while it is being test driven;
(d)
weigh the vehicle and any equipment and load carried by it;
(e)
direct the driver to take the vehicle to the nearest place where it can be
weighed;
(f)
measure the vehicle and any equipment and load carried by the vehicle.