New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DANGEROUS GOODS (ROAD AND RAIL TRANSPORT) ACT 2008 - SECT 7

7 Licensing of drivers transporting dangerous goods

(1) A person must not employ, engage, cause or permit another person to drive a vehicle transporting dangerous goods by road or rail if the other person is required by the regulations to be licensed to drive the vehicle and is not so licensed.

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

(2) A person must not drive a vehicle transporting dangerous goods by road or rail if--

(a) the regulations require the person to be licensed to drive the vehicle, and

(b) the person is not licensed under the regulations.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.