Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland)
sec.552Restriction on power to seize certain things
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sec.552 Restriction on power to seize certain things
This Chapter does not authorise an authorised officer to seize— a heavy vehicle; or a thing, or a thing of a class, prescribed by the national regulations. Subsection (1) does not apply if the Application Act of the participating jurisdiction in which the vehicle or thing is located provides that the heavy vehicle or thing can be impounded or seized under a law of that jurisdiction. (sec.552-ssec.1) This Chapter does not authorise an authorised officer to seize— a heavy vehicle; or a thing, or a thing of a class, prescribed by the national regulations. (sec.552-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the Application Act of the participating jurisdiction in which the vehicle or thing is located provides that the heavy vehicle or thing can be impounded or seized under a law of that jurisdiction.
- (a) a heavy vehicle; or
- (b) a thing, or a thing of a class, prescribed by the national regulations.