18PTOffence—making a weighbridge available as a public weighbridge when not licensed etc.

18PT Offence—making a weighbridge available as a public weighbridge when not licensed etc.

(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person makes a weighbridge available as a public weighbridge; and (b) the person is not: (i) a public weighbridge licensee; or (ii) an employee of a public weighbridge licensee; or (iii) a person who has contracted with a public weighbridge licensee to operate the weighbridge as a public weighbridge; or (iv) an employee of a person mentioned in subparagraph (iii).

Penalty: 30 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.