Ports and Maritime Administration Regulation 2021
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40 Powers of authorised officers
40 Powers of authorised officers
(1) The driver of a vehicle on relevant land must give an authorised officer the information about the standing or parking of the vehicle on the land that is required by an authorised officer.
Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
(2) An authorised officer may give the following directions to the driver of a vehicle standing or parking on relevant land—
(a) to not stand or park the vehicle on the land or a part of the land,
(b) to remove the vehicle from the land or a part of the land,
(c) to move the vehicle to a particular position,
(d) to join a particular line of vehicles on the land,
(e) to stand or park the vehicle in a particular location,
(f) to not proceed into an area beyond a particular point,
(g) to carry out a particular operation involving the vehicle only at a specified time or in a specified way,
(h) another direction relating to the movement, standing, waiting or parking of the vehicle on the land.
(3) The driver of a vehicle must comply with a direction given under this section.
Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.