Victorian Consolidated Regulations

2 Reg. 256(1): S.R. No. 127/2000 as amended by S.R. Nos 96/2005 and 54/2007. - SECT 87

Loaders

87. Loaders



(1) A person who loads dangerous goods onto a vehicle for transport must
ensure that the load is appropriately placarded, if the person knows, or
reasonably ought to know, that the goods are a placard load.

Penalty: 53 penalty units for a natural person; 265 penalty units for a body
corporate.

(2) A person who loads a placard load onto a vehicle for transport must not
placard the load with placarding that the person knows, or reasonably ought to
know, is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty: 53 penalty units for a natural person; 265 penalty units for a body
corporate.

(3) A person who loads goods onto a vehicle for transport must not placard the
load as if it was a placard load if the person knows, or reasonably ought to
know, that the load does not contain dangerous goods.

Penalty: 53 penalty units for a natural person; 265 penalty units for a body
corporate.