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Guidelines for the Practical Application of New Chain of Responsibility Provisions
  • Publication no: AP-R281-06
  • ISBN: 1 921139 23 4
  • Published: 2 February 2006
The purpose of this document is to provide administrative guidelines that are consistent with the national model Road Transport Reform (Compliance and Enforcement) Bill (the
  • AP-R281-06 Guidelines for the Practical Application of New Chain of Responsibility Provisions
  • CONTENTS
  • 1. PURPOSE
  • 2. GUIDING PRINCIPLES
  • 3. CHAIN OF RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS IN AUSTRALIAN ROAD TRANSPORTLAW
  • 4. ENFORCEMENT POWERS ALONG CoR
    • 4.1. Reciprocal powers of officers
    • 4.2. Power to inspect vehicle or combination on a road, public place or certain officialpremises
    • 4.3. Power to search vehicle or combination on a road, public place or certain officialpremises
    • 4.4. Power to inspect premises
    • 4.5. Power to search premises
    • 4.6. Power to give a direction to produce records, devices or other things
    • 4.7. Power to give a direction to provide information
    • 4.8. Power to give a direction to provide reasonable assistance for powers of inspectionand search
    • 4.9. Use of Warrants
    • 4.10. Use of assistants and equipment
    • 4.11. Use of equipment to examine or process things
    • 4.12. Use or seizure of electronic equipment
    • 4.13. Providing evidence to other authorities
  • 5. MAKING INVESTIGATION DECISIONS
  • 6. EFFECTS OF THE POWERS ON CHAIN OF RESPONSIBILITY INVESTIGATIONS
    • 6.1. Event
    • 6.2. CoR investigation
    • 6.3. Referral to another jurisdiction or agency
    • 6.4. Ministerial Agreement/s
  • 7. DECIDE ON APPROPRIATE ACTION/RESPONSE
    • 7.1. No Action
    • 7.2. Monitoring
    • 7.3. Education
    • 7.4. Formal warnings
    • 7.5. Improvement notices
    • 7.6. Infringement notices
    • 7.7. Court Action
  • 8. APPLYING APPROPRIATE ACTION/RESPONSE
  • 9. DEFINITIONS
  • APPENDIX 1: CASE STUDY – A CoR INVESTIGATION
  • APPENDIX 2: TREND ANALYSIS
  • INFORMATION RETRIEVAL