(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person is the driver of a pilot vehicle or escort vehicle; and
(b) the pilot vehicle or escort vehicle is accompanying an oversize vehicle or combination; and
(c) the pilot vehicle or escort vehicle fails to comply with a requirement of schedule 2, part 2.6 (Pilot and escort vehicles).
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person is the operator of an oversize vehicle or combination; and
(b) a pilot vehicle or escort vehicle is accompanying the oversize vehicle or combination; and
(c) the pilot vehicle or escort vehicle contravenes a requirement of schedule 2, part 2.6 (Pilot and escort vehicles).
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) An offence against this section is a strict liability
offence.
Part 3 Road trains—Act, s 508 and
s 509