76Heavy loads prohibited

76 Heavy loads prohibited (1) It is an offence for a person, without a permit, to drive or propel a vehicle or cause or permit a vehicle to be driven or propelled across, or to stand on or over, a crossing, culvert, road, kerb or bridge if the vehicle is: (a) so heavy or of such nature that it is likely to cause damage to the paving of the crossing, culvert, road, kerb or bridge; or (b) of a weight greater than that notified under clause (2). (2) The council may determine the maximum weight of a load to be carried over a crossing, culvert, road, kerb or bridge and may notify the determination by a sign conspicuously posted at or near each approach to the crossing, culvert, road, kerb or bridge. (3) An offence against clause (1)(b) is an offence of strict liability.