131Penalty levels: offences referred to in Schedule 2 (mass, dimension and load restraint requirements)

131 Penalty levels: offences referred to in Schedule 2 (mass, dimension and load restraint requirements)

Application of section (1) This section applies to the road law offences referred to in Schedule 2. Penalties for individuals (2) A court may impose on an individual who is found guilty of an offence to which this section applies, being the first offence for which the offender has been found guilty under the provision concerned, a penalty not exceeding the maximum penalty indicated in respect of the offence in Column 3 of Schedule 2. (3) A court may impose on an individual who is found guilty of an offence to which this section applies, being the second or any subsequent offence for which the offender has been found guilty under the provision concerned, a penalty: (a) not exceeding the maximum penalty indicated in respect of the offence in Column 4 of Schedule 2; and (b) not less than the minimum penalty indicated in respect of the offence in that Column. Penalties for bodies corporate (4) A court may impose on a body corporate that is found guilty of an offence to which this section applies, being the first offence for which the offender has been found guilty under the provision concerned, a penalty not exceeding the maximum penalty indicated in respect of the offence in Column 5 of Schedule 2. (5) A court may impose on a body corporate that is found guilty of an offence to which this section applies, being the second or any subsequent offence for which the offender has been found guilty under the provision concerned, a penalty not exceeding the maximum penalty, and not less than the minimum penalty, indicated in respect of the offence in Column 6 of Schedule 2.