185Requirements about coupling trailers

185 Requirements about coupling trailers

185 Requirements about coupling trailers

(1) A person commits an offence if—

(a) the person uses, or permits to be used, on a road a heavy combination; and

(b) a trailer in the combination is not securely coupled to the vehicle in front of it.

Maximum penalty—$6000.

Editorial note.

See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(2) A person commits an offence if—

(a) the person uses, or permits to be used, on a road a heavy combination; and

(b) the components of a coupling used between vehicles in the heavy combination are not compatible with, or properly connected to, each other.

Maximum penalty—$6000.

Editorial note.

See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(3) In this section—

coupling means a device used to couple a vehicle in a combination to the vehicle in front of it.