Offences—load goods—load inappropriately placarded
89 Offences—load goods—load inappropriately placarded
A person commits an offence if—
the person loads goods in a vehicle for transport; and
the person placards the load as if it were a placard load; and
the load does not contain dangerous goods; and
the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the load does not contain dangerous goods.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply if the placarding of the load complies with requirements relating to contents of a load under—
the ICAO technical instructions; or
the IMDG code.
Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (2) (see Criminal Code, s 58).
A person commits an offence if—
the person loads dangerous goods into or onto a cargo transport unit for transport in or on the cargo transport unit; and
the goods are not a placard load; and
the person placards the load with placarding that is false or misleading in a material particular; and
the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the placarding is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
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