PASSENGER TRANSPORT ACT 1990 - SECT 57
Additional penalties for railway offences affecting safety
PASSENGER TRANSPORT ACT 1990 - SECT 57
Additional penalties for railway offences affecting safety
57 Additional penalties for railway offences affecting safety
(1) This section applies to an offence committed on or in relation to
railway premises or any station, platform, monorail running line or supporting
column associated with a monorail transport system.
(2) If a court that
convicts a person for an offence against the regulations is satisfied that the
offence was committed in circumstances of aggravation, the court may impose a
penalty for the offence not exceeding 250 penalty units.
(3) For the purposes
of this section,
"circumstances of aggravation" are that the actions of the offender that
constituted the offence--
(a) caused or contributed to appreciable danger or
harm to any persons, animals, premises or property, or
(b) were reasonably
likely to cause or contribute to such danger or harm (whether or not any such
danger or harm was actually caused).
