New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DANGEROUS GOODS (ROAD AND RAIL TRANSPORT) ACT 2008 - SECT 54

54 Prohibiting a person from involvement in the dangerous goods transport industry

(1) In sentencing an offender for an offence, a court may, having regard to the matters referred to in subsection (2) and to such other matters as it thinks fit, order that the offender be prohibited for a specified period from involvement in the transport of dangerous goods by road or rail.

(2) The matters to which a court must have regard are--

(a) the offender's record in the transport of dangerous goods by road or rail, and

(b) any prior convictions of the offender relating to dangerous goods, and

(c) the circumstances surrounding the commission of the offence for which the offender is being sentenced.

(3) A person who contravenes an order under this section is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--500 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, for an individual or 2,500 penalty units for a body corporate.