New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 2005 - SECT 57

57 Liability of driver

(cf model provisions, s 95)

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if:

(a) a breach of a mass, dimension or load restraint requirement occurs, and

(b) the person is the driver of the vehicle or combination concerned.

Maximum penalty: see Table to Division.

(2) If the breach concerned is a minor risk breach, a person prosecuted for an offence under this section has the benefit of the reasonable steps defence for an offence under this section.

(3) If the breach concerned is a substantial risk breach or a severe risk breach of a mass requirement, a person prosecuted for an offence under this section has the benefit of the reasonable steps defence for an offence under this section.