82Evidence of mass

82 Evidence of mass (1) For the purposes of any prosecution under this Act or the regulations the mass carried on any axle of a motor vehicle or trailer as determined by a prescribed device when tested, sealed and used in the prescribed manner is, after due allowance of the prescribed limits of error, proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the mass. (2) Without prejudice to any other method of determining the mass of a motor vehicle or of its load or of both, the mass of the load of any motor vehicle carrying passengers may, for the purposes of this Act or the regulations, be calculated on the basis that the mass of 16 adult passengers is 1 tonne. S. 83 amended by Nos 92/2001 s. 21, 28/2009 s. 29.