154Removal of material from motor vehicle

154 Removal of material from motor vehicle

(1) If an authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that a motor vehicle is being used for the purpose of providing a commercial passenger vehicle service but is not registered under Part 3, the officer may remove from the vehicle and seize any of the following material in or on the vehicle—

(a) a thing referred to in section 51(1)(b) or (c);

(b) any other thing that indicates that the vehicle is being used to provide a commercial passenger vehicle service;

(c) prescribed material.

(2) Subsection (1) applies whether the authorised officer—

(a) has entered the motor vehicle under section 131 or 138 or under a search warrant; or

(b) is inspecting the motor vehicle in accordance with Division 8.