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National Measurement Act 1960
18PTOffence—making a weighbridge available as a public weighbridge when not licensed etc.
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#### 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.