18. Duty to ensure offences are not comm18. Duty to ensure offences are not committed

18. Duty to ensure offences are not committed

(1) In this section –

speeding offence means an occurrence in which the driver of a vehicle drives the vehicle in excess of any speed limit that applies to the vehicle.

(2) This section applies to – (a) the employer of an employed driver of a vehicle; and (b) the prime contractor of a self‑employed driver of a vehicle; and (c) the operator of a heavy vehicle if the driver of the vehicle is to make a journey in the vehicle for the operator. (3) A person to whom this section applies commits an offence if, at any time that a driver of a vehicle, or a vehicle, is subject to the person's control, the driver commits a speeding offence while driving the vehicle. For a level 1 offence:

Court imposed penalty: $1 000.

Infringement notice penalty: $300.

For a level 2 offence:

Court imposed penalty: $2 000 for a first offence;

$5 000 for a second or subsequent offence

Infringement notice penalty: $600.

For a level 3 offence:

Court imposed penalty: $5 000 for a first offence;

$10 000 for a second or subsequent offence

Note: Subsection (5) sets out how the relevant level of the offence is to be determined.

(4) Despite subsection (3), a person is not liable under that subsection if the vehicle was a combination, and neither the driver nor the towing vehicle was subject to the person's control. (5) The levels of offence referred to in subsection (3) are to be determined using the following table –

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border:1pt solid #000000; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width:22.48%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:4.9pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Speed limit at the place where the speeding offence occurred</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:27.28%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Type of heavy vehicle</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Penalty level</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.66%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Recorded speed of &lt;15 km/h</span></p></td><td style="width:25.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Recorded speed of ≥15 km/h</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:22.48%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:4.9pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>50</span><span>‑</span><span>60 km/h</span></p></td><td style="width:27.28%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>All</span></p></td><td style="width:24.66%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 1</span></p></td><td style="width:25.58%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 1</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.48%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:4.9pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>70</span><span>‑</span><span>80 km/h</span></p></td><td style="width:27.28%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>All</span></p></td><td style="width:24.66%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 1</span></p></td><td style="width:25.58%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.48%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:4.9pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>90 km/h</span></p></td><td style="width:27.28%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Road trains (where speed limited to 90</span><span> </span><span>km/h)</span></p></td><td style="width:24.66%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 2</span></p></td><td style="width:25.58%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.48%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:4.9pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>90 km/h</span></p></td><td style="width:27.28%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Non</span><span>‑</span><span>road trains</span></p></td><td style="width:24.66%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 1</span></p></td><td style="width:25.58%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.48%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:4.9pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>100 km/h</span></p></td><td style="width:27.28%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Non</span><span>‑</span><span>road train heavy combinations</span></p></td><td style="width:24.66%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 2</span></p></td><td style="width:25.58%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.48%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:4.9pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>&gt;100 km/h</span></p></td><td style="width:27.28%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Non</span><span>‑</span><span>combination heavy vehicles</span></p></td><td style="width:24.66%; border-right:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 2</span></p></td><td style="width:25.58%; padding-right:4.9pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Level 3</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>