79Consignor’s duties

79 Consignor’s duties

79 Consignor’s duties

(1) A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the load is not appropriately placarded.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—40 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—200 penalty units.

(2) A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the placarding of the load is false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—40 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—200 penalty units.

(3) A person must not consign goods for transport in or on a cargo transport unit that does not contain dangerous goods but is placarded as if it were a placard load.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—40 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—200 penalty units.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the placarding of the cargo transport unit complies with the requirements of the ICAO Technical Instructions or the IMDG Code in relation to the contents of the cargo transport unit.

(5) A person must not consign a load of dangerous goods, other than a placard load, for transport in or on a cargo transport unit if—

(a) the load is placarded, and

(b) the placarding is false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—40 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—200 penalty units.