South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

TRADE MEASUREMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 43

43—Requirement for public weighbridge licence

        (1)         A person who makes a weighbridge available as a public weighbridge is guilty of an offence unless the person—

            (a)         is the holder, or an employee of the holder, of a public weighbridge licence; and

            (b)         does so in accordance with the conditions of the licence and the requirements of this Act.

Maximum penalty: $20 000.

        (2)         It is a defence in proceedings against an employee of a licensee in respect of a failure to comply with a condition of a public weighbridge licence if the employee establishes that the licensee failed to make the employee aware of the condition.

        (3)         The regulations may provide that the use of a weighbridge in a specified manner that would otherwise be considered to be used as a public weighbridge is not to be considered to be used as a public weighbridge for the purposes of this section.