140Consignor’s duties—transport by rail

140 Consignor’s duties—transport by rail

140 Consignor’s duties—transport by rail

(1) A person must not consign dangerous goods for transport in or on a unit of rolling stock if the rail operator does not have transport documentation for the goods.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—15 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—75 penalty units.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a rail operator is to be taken to have transport documentation if the contents of the documentation have been communicated to the rail operator by means of electronic data processing or electronic data interchange.