Queensland Numbered Acts

TRANSPORT LEGISLATION (ROAD SAFETY AND OTHER MATTERS) AMENDMENT ACT 2019 - SECT 40

40 Insertion of new s 124AA

After section 124 —
insert—

124AA Inspection certificates

(1) This section applies to a document purporting to be—

(a) a print-out of an inspection certificate issued electronically under a vehicle standards and safety regulation; or

(b) an inspection certificate issued manually under a vehicle standards and safety regulation.

(2) For a proceeding for an offence against a transport Act, the document—

(a) is taken to be an inspection certificate—

(i) issued under the vehicle standards and safety regulation; and

(ii) of the type it purports to be; and

(b) is admissible in a proceeding for an offence against a transport Act as evidence of a matter stated in the document.

(3) In this section—

"issued electronically" means issued using an electronic method.

"issued manually" means issued other than by using an electronic method.

"vehicle standards and safety regulation" means a regulation made under section 148.