NATIONAL MEASUREMENT ACT 1960 - SECT 18PU Offence--breaching a condition of a public weighbridge licence
NATIONAL MEASUREMENT ACT 1960 - SECT 18PU
Offence--breaching a condition of a public weighbridge licence(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is a public weighbridge licensee; and
(b) the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
(c) the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the person's public weighbridge licence.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is a public weighbridge licensee; and
(b) an employee of the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
(c) the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the person's public weighbridge licence; and
(d) the person expressly, tacitly or impliedly authorises or permits the conduct or failure.
Employee of public weighbridge licensee
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is an employee of a public weighbridge licensee; and
(b) the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
(c) that conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee's licence; and
(d) the conduct or failure is not within the actual or apparent scope of the person's employment.
Person who contracts with public weighbridge licensee to operate weighbridge
(4) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person contracts with a public weighbridge licensee to operate a public weighbridge; and
(b) the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
(c) the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee's licence.
(5) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person contracts with a public weighbridge licensee to operate a public weighbridge; and
(b) an employee of the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
(c) the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee's licence; and
(d) the person expressly, tacitly or impliedly authorises or permits the conduct or failure.
Employee of person who contracts with public weighbridge licensee to operate weighbridge
(6) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is an employee of a person who contracts with a public weighbridge licensee to operate a public weighbridge; and
(b) the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
(c) that conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee's licence; and
(d) the conduct or failure is not within the actual or apparent scope of the person's employment.
(7) Subsections ( 1) to (6) are offences of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .