Motor Vehicles Act 1949
64Powers of officers for purposes of Part 5A and Standards
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64 Powers of officers for purposes of Part 5A and Standards For the purposes of Part 5A and the Standards, an officer may require the driver of a vehicle: (a) to stop the vehicle; (b) to give information concerning the mass of the vehicle and the load, if any, on that vehicle;
Motor Vehicles Act 1949 70 (c) to state his name and place of abode; (d) to drive or cause that vehicle to be driven to, and weighed at, a weighbridge or weighing station situated: (i) within 30 kilometres of the place where the officer makes that requirement; or (ii) within 30 kilometres of any place on the forward journey planned for that vehicle; (e) to permit the officer to measure and examine the vehicle, its wheels, tyres and load; (f) to permit the officer to weigh: (i) the load on a tyre; (ii) the wheel load on a wheel; (iii) the axle load on an axle; and (iv) the laden mass, of the vehicle; (g) to produce to the officer such books, records, licences, exemptions under section 59 and other documents, relating to the registration or operation of the vehicle or the licensing of the driver, as are in that driver's possession or within his control, and to permit that officer to record any particulars set out in such books, records, licences, exemptions under section 59, and other documents; or (h) whom the officer, after the vehicle and its load have been weighed in pursuance of paragraph (d) or (f), considers to have committed an offence against Part 5A or the Standards, to take measures to prevent the further commission of that offence and, after taking such measures, to have that vehicle and its load weighed at a weighbridge or weighing station nominated by that officer and within the period specified by that officer at the time of making that requirement.