Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NATIONAL TRADE MEASUREMENT REGULATIONS 2009 - REG 3.27

  (1)   A public weighbridge licensee must take all reasonable steps to ensure that, for each measurement determined using a public weighbridge:

  (a)   the operator takes the appropriate degree of care to determine the measurement; and

  (b)   the operator completes an original measurement ticket:

  (i)   in an approved form; and

  (ii)   in numerical order; and

  (iii)   with appropriate care; and

  (iv)   as soon as practicable after the operator determines the measurement; and

  (c)   the operator completes a copy measurement ticket:

  (i)   in an approved form; and

  (ii)   in numerical order; and

  (iii)   with appropriate care; and

  (iv)   as soon as practicable after the operator determines the measurement; and

  (d)   immediately after the operator completes the original measurement ticket, the operator issues the copy measurement ticket to the person for whom the measurement was determined.

  (2)   A person who engages in conduct that contravenes subregulation   (1) commits an offence.

Penalty:   20 penalty units.

  (3)   An offence mentioned in subregulation   (2) is an offence of strict liability.

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