70A

Removing particular vehicles or other things on to or from a road

Current

S. 70A(1) amended by Nos 48/2010 s. 8(4), 22/2022 s. 33.

(1)

A person must not remove a vehicle, trailer, machinery or equipment that is used or intended to be used for carrying, moving or transporting—

S. 70A(1)(a) amended by No. 48/2010 s. 8(2).

(a)

hay, grain, stone, gravel, soil, plant material, fodder or livestock; or

S. 70A(1)(b) substituted by No. 48/2010 s. 8(3).

(b)

machinery or equipment—

(i)

used for building and maintaining a road or roadside; or

(ii)

used for building and maintaining electricity, gas, water, telecommunications or rail infrastructure; or

(iii)

used for the purposes of primary production or earth works—

from land on to a road or from a road on to land without first taking reasonable precautions to ensure that the vehicle, trailer, machinery or equipment is free from—

(c)

the seeds of any noxious weed; and

(d)

any other part of a noxious weed that is capable of growing.

120 penalty units.

S. 70A(2) amended by No. 48/2010 s. 8(5).

(2)

A person must not remove machinery, implements or other equipment from land on to a road or from a road on to land without first taking reasonable precautions to ensure that the equipment is free from—

(a)

the seeds of any noxious weed; and

(b)

any other part of a noxious weed that is capable of growing.

120 penalty units.

S. 70B inserted by No. 67/2006 s. 13.

This Act’s bill:Second reading speech

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