Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if an authorised officer intends to enter a prescribed vehicle under section 38.
(2) If a person is present at the prescribed vehicle, the authorised officer must, before entering the prescribed vehicle, do or make a reasonable attempt to do the following things—
(a) comply with section 32;
(b) tell the person the purpose of the entry;
(c) ask for the person's consent to the entry;
(d) tell the person the authorised officer is permitted under this Act to enter the prescribed vehicle without consent.
(3) If a person is not present at the prescribed vehicle, the authorised officer must, before entering the prescribed vehicle—
(a) take reasonable steps to find the owner of the prescribed vehicle; and
(b) comply with subsection (2)(a) to (d) for the owner.
(4) Subsection (3) does not require the authorised officer to take a step the authorised officer believes may frustrate or otherwise hinder the purpose of the intended entry.
(5) In this section—
owner, of a prescribed vehicle, includes a person who appears to be in control of the prescribed vehicle.