Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2010
16Meanings of unattended and driver
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16 Meanings of unattended and driver (1) A vehicle is unattended at a place in any of the following circumstances: (a) if an authorised officer is present at the place – there is, after inspection and enquiry by the officer that is reasonable in the circumstances, apparently no person in, on, or in the vicinity of, the vehicle who appears to be its driver; (b) if an authorised officer is not present at the place but is able to inspect the place by a camera or other remote surveillance system – there is, after inspection by the officer that is reasonable in the circumstances, apparently no person in, on, or in the vicinity of, the vehicle who appears to be its driver;
Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2010 14 (c) if there is apparently a person in, on, or in the vicinity of, the vehicle who appears to be its driver after an inspection as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) – an authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that: (i) the person is not qualified, not fit or not authorised to drive it; or (ii) the person is or appears to be unwilling to drive it; or (iii) the person is subject to a direction under section 35 in relation to the vehicle. (2) For a vehicle that is a trailer and not connected (either directly or by other trailers) to a towing vehicle, a reference in this Act to the driver of the vehicle is a reference to the driver of the towing vehicle of the combination to which the trailer was, or apparently was, last connected.