Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL MEASUREMENT ACT 1960 - SECT 18NO

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is a servicing 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 servicing licence.

Penalty:   30 penalty units.

  (2)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is a servicing 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 servicing licence; and

  (d)   the person expressly, tacitly or impliedly authorises or permits the conduct or failure.

Penalty:   30 penalty units.

  (3)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is an employee of a servicing 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 servicing licensee's servicing licence; and

  (d)   the conduct or failure is not within the actual or apparent scope of the person's employment.

Penalty:   30 penalty units.

  (4)   Subsections   (1), (2) and (3) are offences of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability, see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .