80Loader’s duties

80 Loader’s duties

80 Loader’s duties

(1) A person who loads dangerous goods on to a vehicle for transport must ensure that the load is appropriately placarded if the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, the goods are a placard load.

Maximum penalty—

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

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

(2) A person who loads a placard load on to a vehicle for transport must not placard the load with placarding the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, 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 who loads goods on to a vehicle for transport must not placard the load as if it were a placard load if the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, the load does not contain dangerous goods.

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 load complies with the requirements of the ICAO Technical Instructions or the IMDG Code in relation to the contents of the load.

(5) A person who loads dangerous goods, other than a placard load, into or on to a cargo transport unit for transport in or on the unit must not placard the load with placarding the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, 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.