Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (MASS, DIMENSIONS AND LOADING) ACT 2009 (NO. 22 OF 2009) - SECT 173

A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is a consignee of goods consigned for road transport; and

Note     Consignee , of goods—see  s 14.

        (b)     the person engages in conduct that results, or is likely to result, in inducing or rewarding a breach of a mass, dimension or loading requirement; and

        (c)     the conduct relates to a freight container; and

        (d)     the person knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that—

              (i)     a container weight declaration for the container was not provided as required by this Act; or

              (ii)     a container weight declaration provided for the container contained information about the weight of the container and the container's contents that was false or misleading in a material particular.

Note 1     Container weight declaration , for a freight container—see  s 168.

Note 2     Giving false or misleading information and producing false or misleading documents is also dealt with in the Criminal Code, s 338 and s 339.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.