Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland)
sec.578Duty to minimise inconvenience or damage
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.578
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland).
sec.578 Duty to minimise inconvenience or damage
In exercising a power under this Law, an authorised officer must exercise reasonable diligence to cause as little inconvenience, and do as little damage, as possible. Subsection (1) does not provide for a statutory right of compensation other than as provided under Division 2 . Division 2 provides for compensation for costs, damage or loss incurred because of the exercise of a power by an authorised officer under this Chapter. s 578 amd 2016 No. 65 s 92 (sec.578-ssec.1) In exercising a power under this Law, an authorised officer must exercise reasonable diligence to cause as little inconvenience, and do as little damage, as possible. (sec.578-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not provide for a statutory right of compensation other than as provided under Division 2 . Division 2 provides for compensation for costs, damage or loss incurred because of the exercise of a power by an authorised officer under this Chapter.