208Stopping of vehicles and vessels for inspection or testing

208 Stopping of vehicles and vessels for inspection or testing

208 Stopping of vehicles and vessels for inspection or testing

(1) The driver or person in charge of a vehicle or vessel that is being used in any place must, for the purpose of enabling an authorised officer to inspect or test it under this Part, comply with any reasonable direction by an authorised officer—

(a) to stop the vehicle or vessel (being a direction given by displaying a sign or by any other reasonable method), or

(b) relating to facilitating the inspection or testing of the vehicle or vessel by an authorised officer, or

(c) to move the vehicle or vessel to a suitable place for inspection or testing.

(2) If a vehicle or vessel has been stopped in compliance with such a direction (other than a direction to move the vehicle or vessel to a suitable place for inspection or testing at a later time), inspection and testing of it under this section must be carried out—

(a) at or as near as practicable to the place where the direction to stop the vehicle or vessel is given, and

(b) as soon as practicable, and in any case within one hour, after the vehicle or vessel is stopped in accordance with the direction.

(2A) If a direction is given to move a vehicle or vessel to a suitable place for inspection or testing and the inspection or testing is not to take place at the time, the direction must be given by notice in writing specifying the time, date and place for the inspection or testing.

(3) The maximum penalty for an offence under section 211 in connection with a requirement under this section is 30 penalty units despite anything to the contrary in that section.

(4) In this section, vehicle includes aircraft.

s 208: Am 1999 No 80, Sch 3.6 [10]; 2005 No 96, Sch 1 [93]–[95].