Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00648:section:18pu:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00648
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 18PU (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 260151–262889

18PU  Offence—breaching a condition of a public weighbridge licence

Public weighbridge licensee
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a public weighbridge licensee; and
 (b) the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
 (c) the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the person's public weighbridge licence.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a public weighbridge licensee; and
 (b) an employee of the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
 (c) the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the person's public weighbridge licence; and
 (d) the person expressly, tacitly or impliedly authorises or permits the conduct or failure.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.

Employee of public weighbridge licensee
 (3) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is an employee of a public weighbridge licensee; and
 (b) the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
 (c) that conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee's licence; and
 (d) 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
 (4) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person contracts with a public weighbridge licensee to operate a public weighbridge; and
 (b) the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
 (c) the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee's licence.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
 (5) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person contracts with a public weighbridge licensee to operate a public weighbridge; and
 (b) an employee of the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
 (c) the conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee's licence; and
 (d) 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
 (6) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is an employee of a person who contracts with a public weighbridge licensee to operate a public weighbridge; and
 (b) the person engages or fails to engage in conduct; and
 (c) that conduct or failure is in breach of a condition of the public weighbridge licensee's licence; and
 (d) the conduct or failure is not within the actual or apparent scope of the person's employment.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
 (7) Subsections (1) to (6) are offences of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

Part XII—Disciplinary