Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) A person must not drive a heavy vehicle loaded with a freight container on a road in Queensland unless the person has a container weight declaration for the container.
Maximum penalty--60 penalty units.
(2) The driver of a heavy vehicle loaded with a freight container must, when driving the heavy vehicle on a road in Queensland, keep the complying container weight declaration for the container in or about the heavy vehicle in a way that enables the information in the container weight declaration to be readily available to an authorised officer who seeks to ascertain it while in the presence of the freight container.
Maximum penalty--60 penalty units.
(3) A person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) has the benefit of the reasonable steps defence.