Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if an integrity officer intends to enter a vehicle under section 278.
(2) If a person is present at the vehicle, the integrity officer must, before entering the vehicle, do or make a reasonable attempt to do the following things—
(a) comply with section 265(1);
(b) tell the person the purpose of the entry;
(c) ask for the person's consent to the entry;
(d) tell the person the integrity officer is permitted under this Act to enter the vehicle without consent;
(e) if the person is not the owner of the vehicle—advise the owner of the vehicle of the integrity officer's intention to enter the vehicle.
(3) If a person is not present at the vehicle, the integrity officer must, before entering the vehicle—
(a) take reasonable steps to find the owner of the vehicle; and
(b) comply with subsection (2)(a) to (d) for the owner.
(4) Subsections (2)(e) and (3) do not require the integrity officer to take a step the integrity officer believes may frustrate or otherwise hinder an investigation under this Act or the purpose of the intended entry.
(5) In this section—
owner, of a vehicle, includes a person who appears to be in control of the vehicle.