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Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2010
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77 Formal warnings
(1) An authorised officer may, instead of taking proceedings against a person for a contravention of this Act, formally warn the person if the officer believes –
(a) the person had taken reasonable steps to prevent the contravention and was unaware of the contravention; and
(b) the contravention is appropriate to be dealt with by way of a formal warning under this section.
(2) A formal warning must be in writing.
(3) In this section –
proceedings includes action by way of an infringement notice.