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Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
sec.50ABPower to require help to find and access particular documents or information
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### sec.50AB Power to require help to find and access particular documents or information
An authorised officer may require a relevant person for a heavy vehicle or a person involved in the transport of dangerous goods to help the officer find and gain access to any documents or information to enable the officer to effectively exercise a power under any of the following provisions for monitoring or enforcing compliance with this Act—
section 30 (2) (a) or (b)
section 30A (2) or (4)
section 35 (2) (b) or (c)
section 35A (2) or (3)
section 40
section 40A .
a document required to be kept in the vehicle under a transport Act about the vehicle’s performance, specifications, capabilities or authorised operations
a weighing document for a container loaded on to the vehicle
a telephone record
A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (1) , unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—90 penalty units.
For subsection (1) , a relevant person for the heavy vehicle is—
a person in control of the vehicle; or
a person at a place entered by the authorised officer for exercising a power under this Act in relation to the heavy vehicle.
In this section—
information includes electronically stored information.
s 50AB ins 2007 No. 43 s 54
amd 2008 No. 66 s 4 sch pt 1 ; 2008 No. 67 s 71 ; 2010 No. 13 s 25 ; 2013 No. 26 s 71
(sec.50AB-ssec.1) An authorised officer may require a relevant person for a heavy vehicle or a person involved in the transport of dangerous goods to help the officer find and gain access to any documents or information to enable the officer to effectively exercise a power under any of the following provisions for monitoring or enforcing compliance with this Act— section 30 (2) (a) or (b) section 30A (2) or (4) section 35 (2) (b) or (c) section 35A (2) or (3) section 40 section 40A . a document required to be kept in the vehicle under a transport Act about the vehicle’s performance, specifications, capabilities or authorised operations a weighing document for a container loaded on to the vehicle a telephone record
(sec.50AB-ssec.2) A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (1) , unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—90 penalty units.
(sec.50AB-ssec.3) For subsection (1) , a relevant person for the heavy vehicle is— a person in control of the vehicle; or a person at a place entered by the authorised officer for exercising a power under this Act in relation to the heavy vehicle.
(sec.50AB-ssec.4) In this section— information includes electronically stored information.
- • section 30 (2) (a) or (b)
- • section 30A (2) or (4)
- • section 35 (2) (b) or (c)
- • section 35A (2) or (3)
- • section 40
- • section 40A .
- • a document required to be kept in the vehicle under a transport Act about the vehicle’s performance, specifications, capabilities or authorised operations
- • a weighing document for a container loaded on to the vehicle
- • a telephone record
- (a) a person in control of the vehicle; or
- (b) a person at a place entered by the authorised officer for exercising a power under this Act in relation to the heavy vehicle.