23Authorised officer may exercise certain powers in relation to vehicles with consent of person in charge

23 Authorised officer may exercise certain powers in relation to vehicles with consent of person in charge

(1) If an authorised officer has reasonable grounds to believe: (a) that a vehicle is being used for the transportation of a quantity of fuel that exceeds 1,000 litres; or (b) that a vehicle is capable of carrying more than 1,000 litres of fuel; the authorised officer may: (c) stop the vehicle; and (d) with the consent of the person in charge, or apparently in charge, of the vehicle, board the vehicle and exercise all or any of the preliminary audit powers set out in section 26. (2) An authorised officer may not continue to detain a vehicle, or remain on board a vehicle, if the person in charge, or apparently in charge, of the vehicle requests the officer to discontinue the exercise of his or her powers.