TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 160
Exclusion orders prohibiting involvement in the transport of dangerous goods
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 160
Exclusion orders prohibiting involvement in the transport of dangerous goods
160 Exclusion orders prohibiting involvement in the transport of dangerous
goods
(1) This section applies if a person is convicted of an offence against this
Act relating to the transport of dangerous goods.
(2) The court before which
the person is convicted may, after having regard to the following matters,
make an order (an
"exclusion order" ) that the person be prohibited for a stated period from
involvement in the transport of dangerous goods—
(a) the person’s record
in the transport of dangerous goods;
(3) A person must not
contravene an exclusion order made under subsection (2) .
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
Note—
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an
executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 57, to have
also committed the offence.
(4) Subsections (2) and (2A) do not limit any
other penalty the court may impose for the offence.
(b) the person for whom the
order was made but only if the court is satisfied there has been a change of
circumstances warranting revocation or amendment and the chief executive was
given reasonable notice of the application.
(6) For subsection (5) , the
chief executive is entitled to appear and be heard and to give and produce
evidence at the hearing of the application for or against the granting of the
revocation or amendment.