Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

LITTER ACT 2004 - SECT 11

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     requires someone else to move a vehicle carrying a load through a public place; and

        (b)     fails to give the other person appropriate means to secure the load appropriately so that it (or any part of it) is not likely to fall, or be dislodged, from the vehicle.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     is the driver or rider of a moving vehicle carrying a load through a public place; and

        (b)     fails to secure the load appropriately so that it is not likely to fall, or be dislodged, from the vehicle.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.