Transport Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993 (Qld)

Queensland TRANSPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1993 Act No. 61 of 1993

Queensland TRANSPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1993 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF TRAFFIC ACT AND ANOTHER ACT AMENDMENT ACT 1990 3 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Amendment of s.2.25 (Amendment of Schedule) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Omission of Part 3 (Amendment of State Transport Act 1960) . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF STATE TRANSPORT ACT 1960 6 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Omission of s.62 (Limits of continuous driving hours) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 Amendment of Schedule (Subject matters for regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Queensland Transport Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993 Act No. 61 of 1993 An Act to amend certain Acts relating to transportation [Assented to 23 November 1993]

4 Transport Legislation Amendment (No. 2) The Parliament of Queensland enacts— No. 61, 1993 PART 1—PRELIMINARY ˙ Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Transport Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993. ˙ Commencement 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. PART 2—AMENDMENT OF TRAFFIC ACT AND ANOTHER ACT AMENDMENT ACT 1990 ˙ Amended Act 3. The Traffic Act and Another Act Amendment Act 1990 is amended as set out in this Act. ˙ Amendment of s.2.25 (Amendment of Schedule) 4. Section 2.25(c)— omit . ˙ Omission of Part 3 (Amendment of State Transport Act 1960) 5. Part 3— omit.

5 Transport Legislation Amendment (No. 2) No. 61, 1993 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF STATE TRANSPORT ACT 1960 ˙ Amended Act 6. The State Transport Act 1960 is amended as set out in this Part. ˙ Omission of s.62 (Limits of continuous driving hours) 7. Section 62— omit . ˙ Amendment of Schedule (Subject matters for regulations) 8.(1) Clause 12— omit, insert— ‘Motor vehicle driving hours and rest periods ‘12.(1) Providing for the control of drivers of motor vehicles in relation to matters necessary to ensure that drivers are in a fit state of health and wellbeing to drive motor vehicles safely, including, for example, requirements for resting. ‘(2) Imposing obligations on employers, consignors and other persons for the purpose of ensuring or encouraging drivers to comply with the requirements of regulations made under this clause. ‘(3) Conferring the following powers on authorised officers— (a) to stop a motor vehicle; (b) to require the production of documents relating to a motor vehicle, its load or its journey and the driver’s or passenger’s driver’s licence and log book; (c) on reasonable suspicion or knowledge of an offence against this Act, to search a motor vehicle and seize documents mentioned in paragraph (b); (d) to make reasonable arrangements for the removal of motor vehicles stopped by an authorised officer to a safe place,

6 Transport Legislation Amendment (No. 2) No. 61, 1993 including, for example, by requiring reasonable assistance from persons in carrying out the arrangements or by requiring the driver to drive the vehicle to a specified place. ‘(4) Providing for the liability, or immunity from liability, of persons mentioned in subclause (3)(d) for loss or damage caused by, or arising out of, the giving of assistance by them. ‘(5) Providing for the keeping, carrying and retaining of records and documents in relation to compliance with regulations made under this clause and for their production to, and inspection by, an authorised officer. ‘(6) In this clause— “motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that— (a) has a gross vehicle mass of 4.5 tonnes or more; and (b) is prescribed by regulation. ’. (2) Clause 14— omit, insert— ‘Forms ‘14. Providing that the prescribed and other forms that are to be used for the purposes of this Act are the forms approved by the chief executive of the department. ’. The State of Queensland 1993