Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) In this section—
information includes a document containing information.
information offence means an offence against a transport Act that—
(a) involves—
(i) a prescribed heavy vehicle; or
(ii) a contravention of a regulation made under section 148; and
(b) is declared under a regulation to be an information offence.
(2) This section applies if an authorised officer reasonably believes—
(a) an information offence has been committed; and
(b) a person may be able to give information about the offence.
(3) The officer may require the person to give information about the offence.
(3A) The requirement may be made—
(a) orally; or
(b) by written notice requiring the person to give information about the offence to the officer at a stated reasonable time and place.
(4) When making the requirement, the officer must warn the person it is an offence to fail to give the information, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
(5) The person must give the information, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—90 penalty units.
(6) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual to fail to give the information if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual.