Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT REGULATIONS 1986 - REG 51B

         (1)   A person shall not fail to comply with a notice under subregulation (2).

Penalty:   5 penalty units.

         (2)   The owner of a bus registered under the Act shall cause a notice indicating that smoking is prohibited in the bus to be displayed in the bus at all times while passengers are on board.

Penalty:   5 penalty units.

         (3)   A notice required under this regulation to be displayed in a bus:

                (a)    shall be legible;

               (b)    shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the bus; and

                (c)    shall be visible to every passenger seated in the bus.

         (4)   An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.

Note    For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .