Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.156Failure to comply with direction
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sec.156 Failure to comply with direction
The person in control of the vehicle must comply with a direction under section 154 unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. It is a reasonable excuse for the person not to comply with a direction if— the vehicle is moving and the inspector has not complied with section 155 ; or to comply immediately would endanger the person or someone else or cause loss or damage to property, and the person complies as soon as it is practicable to do so. Subsection (2) does not limit what may be a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) . A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if— the direction the person fails to comply with is given under section 154 (2) ; and the person is not given an offence warning for the direction. (sec.156-ssec.1) The person in control of the vehicle must comply with a direction under section 154 unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.156-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for the person not to comply with a direction if— the vehicle is moving and the inspector has not complied with section 155 ; or to comply immediately would endanger the person or someone else or cause loss or damage to property, and the person complies as soon as it is practicable to do so. (sec.156-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not limit what may be a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) . (sec.156-ssec.4) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if— the direction the person fails to comply with is given under section 154 (2) ; and the person is not given an offence warning for the direction.
- (a) the vehicle is moving and the inspector has not complied with section 155 ; or
- (b) to comply immediately would endanger the person or someone else or cause loss or damage to property, and the person complies as soon as it is practicable to do so.
- (a) the direction the person fails to comply with is given under section 154 (2) ; and
- (b) the person is not given an offence warning for the direction.