59Direction to provide reasonable assistance

59 Direction to provide reasonable assistance (1) An authorised officer may direct a person who is involved in the transport of dangerous goods to provide reasonable assistance to the officer to enable the officer effectively to exercise a power under this Act in relation to the transport of the goods. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the assistance may include assisting the officer to do the following: (a) to find and gain access to any records or information relating to a vehicle, including but not limited to: (i) records and information required to be kept in or on a (ii) records and information in a useable form for the purpose of ascertaining its compliance with requirements of this Act; (b) to find and gain access to: (i) devices on which information is electronically stored; and (ii) the information stored on the devices; (c) to weigh or measure: (i) the whole or any part of a vehicle; or

Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2010 43 (ii) the whole or any part of its equipment or load; (d) to operate equipment or facilities for a purpose relevant to the power being, or proposed to be, exercised; (e) to provide access free of charge to photocopying equipment for the purpose of copying any records or other material; (f) to take a sample of any substance or packaging. (3) A person given a direction under subsection (1) must comply with