Offence—breaching a condition of a public weighbridge licence
18PU Offence—breaching a condition of a public weighbridge licence
Public weighbridge licensee
A person commits an offence if:
the person is a public weighbridge licensee; and
the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the person’s public weighbridge licence.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if:
the person is a public weighbridge licensee; and
an employee of the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the person’s public weighbridge licence; and
the person expressly, tacitly or impliedly authorises or permits the conduct or failure.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
Employee of public weighbridge licensee
A person commits an offence if:
the person is an employee of a public weighbridge licensee; and
the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
that conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee’s licence; and
the conduct or failure is not within the actual or apparent scope of the person’s employment.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
Person who contracts with public weighbridge licensee to operate weighbridge
A person commits an offence if:
the person contracts with a public weighbridge licensee to operate a public weighbridge; and
the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee’s licence.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if:
the person contracts with a public weighbridge licensee to operate a public weighbridge; and
an employee of the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee’s licence; and
the person expressly, tacitly or impliedly authorises or permits the conduct or failure.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
Employee of person who contracts with public weighbridge licensee to operate weighbridge
A person commits an offence if:
the person is an employee of a person who contracts with a public weighbridge licensee to operate a public weighbridge; and
the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
that conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee’s licence; and
the conduct or failure is not within the actual or apparent scope of the person’s employment.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
Subsections (1) to (6) are offences of strict liability.
For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
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