Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DANGEROUS GOODS (ROAD TRANSPORT) ACT 2009 (NO. 34 OF 2009) - SECT 34

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person engages in conduct that is a physical element of an offence mentioned in section 33; and

        (b)     the conduct causes the death of, or serious injury to, someone else; and

        (c)     the person intends to cause, or is reckless about causing, the death of, or serious injury to, the other person or anyone else by the conduct.

Maximum penalty: 1000 penalty units, imprisonment for 4 years or both.

    (2)     In this section:

"causes" death or serious injury—a person causes death or serious injury if the person's conduct substantially contributes to the death or injury.

"conduct "includes omission.