National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation – Compliance and Enforcement Bill) Regulations 2006
96Liability of consignee
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96 Liability of consignee
(1) A person who is a consignee of goods consigned for road transport commits an offence if: (a) the person engages in conduct; and (b) that conduct results or is likely to result in inducing or rewarding a breach of a relevant mass, dimension or load restraint requirement; and (c) the person intends that result.
Note: Section 106 (Liability of consignee—knowledge of matters relating to container weight declaration) provides that a consignee is taken to have intended the result referred to in subsection (1) if the consignee knew or ought reasonably to have known that a container weight declaration was not provided as required or that a container weight declaration contained false or misleading information about the weight of a freight container.
(2) A person who is a consignee of goods consigned for road transport commits an offence if: (a) the person engages in conduct; and (b) that conduct results or is likely to result in inducing or rewarding a breach of a relevant mass, dimension or load restraint requirement; and (c) the person is reckless as to the matter mentioned in paragraph (b). (3) A person who is a consignee of goods consigned for road transport commits an offence if: (a) the person engages in conduct; and (b) that conduct results or is likely to result in inducing or rewarding a breach of a relevant mass, dimension or load restraint requirement; and (c) the person is negligent as to the matter mentioned in paragraph (b).