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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
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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
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