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Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
sec.47Power to set up checkpoints
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### sec.47 Power to set up checkpoints
The chief executive may approve a program under which authorised officers may set up checkpoints to inspect motor vehicles to ensure the vehicles comply with a transport Act.
Also, the chief executive may approve a program under which authorised officers who are also inspectors or authorised officers under the Explosives Act 1999 may set up checkpoints to inspect motor vehicles to ensure compliance with that Act.
Under an approved program, an authorised officer may set up a checkpoint on a road, or elsewhere with its occupier’s consent.
s 47 amd 2004 No. 40 s 15 ; 2019 No. 7 s 313 s ch 1 pt 3
(sec.47-ssec.1) The chief executive may approve a program under which authorised officers may set up checkpoints to inspect motor vehicles to ensure the vehicles comply with a transport Act.
(sec.47-ssec.2) Also, the chief executive may approve a program under which authorised officers who are also inspectors or authorised officers under the Explosives Act 1999 may set up checkpoints to inspect motor vehicles to ensure compliance with that Act.
(sec.47-ssec.3) Under an approved program, an authorised officer may set up a checkpoint on a road, or elsewhere with its occupier’s consent.