Transport (Safety Schemes Compliance and Enforcement) Act 2014
30Transport safety officer may direct a thing's return
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30 Transport safety officer may direct a thing's return
(1) If a transport safety officer has directed a person to take a thing to a specified place within a specified time under section 29(1), a transport safety officer may direct the person to return the thing to the place from which it was taken.
(2) A person given a direction under subsection (1) must comply with that direction unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
(3) Without limiting what may otherwise be a reasonable excuse under subsection (2), it is a reasonable excuse for a person not to comply with a direction under subsection (1) if, in all the circumstances, the direction was unreasonable.
(4) The cost of complying with a direction under subsection (1) must be borne by the person.