Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if an authorised person has—
(a) entered a place under section 120 for purposes relating to the transport of dangerous goods by rail; or
(b) entered or boarded a vehicle under section 123, the vehicle is a rail vehicle and the entry or boarding was for purposes relating to the transport of dangerous goods by rail.
(2) Without limiting section 124, the authorised person may do any of the following—
(a) weigh, test or measure a thing relating to a rail vehicle, any part of a rail vehicle or equipment or load of a rail vehicle;
(b) check the existence or details of a placard or other information required under a dangerous goods regulation to be displayed in a rail vehicle or any load on it;
(c) access or download information that is required to be kept under a dangerous goods regulation and that is—
(i) stored electronically in equipment located at the place or in a rail vehicle; or
(ii) accessible electronically from equipment located at the place or in a rail vehicle.
(3) If an authorised person exercises a power mentioned in subsection (2), the authorised person is taken to be exercising a power under section 124(1)(a) to (e) and the other provisions of section 124 apply to the exercise of that power.
Notes for subsection (3)—
1 Under section 124(1)(f), an authorised person may require a person to help exercise powers as mentioned in subsection (2) and if the person does not comply with the request the person may be prosecuted under section 124(2).
2 Under section 124(7), an authorised person may not enter a part of a rail vehicle used only as a living area.