New South Wales Consolidated Acts(cf model provisions, s 100)
A
"responsible entity", in relation to a freight container, is:
(a) the person who consigned the container for transport by road in this jurisdiction if the person was in Australia at the time of consignment, or
(b) if there is no person as described in paragraph (a)-the person who in Australia, on behalf of the consignor, arranged for the transport of the container by road in this jurisdiction, or
(c) if there is no person as described in paragraphs (a) and (b)-the person who in Australia physically offered the container for transport by road in this jurisdiction.