Cover your load - secure your load

Kimbriki management wishes to remind all valued customers that it is vital for all loads, to or from, the site to be covered or secured. It is illegal as well as dangerous to have an insecure load; projecting load; or have liquid, loose or waste material escape onto the road.

We are concerned that the area may be targeted for inspections of vehicles and trailers and that our customers may incur expensive fines.

Please ensure that your loads are adequately covered/secured at all times.

Fines for vehicles 4.5 tonnes and under:

Drive or tow vehicle with insecure load - min $283

Drive or tow vehicle with load causing instability - min $283

Drive vehicle with projecting load/equipment - min $123

Unstable/unsafe or insecure loads can incur fines of min $283 for either/both driver and owner.

Drive load with insufficient view - min $169

There is the Environmental Offence:

Fail to sufficiently cover load - min $500

Heavy Vehicles

Load offence over 4.5t GVM - Insecure load - min $565

The RTA has advised that breaches for insecure or uncovered loads by heavy vehicles will incur far larger penalties than for small vehicles above; as determined by a magistrate.

Litter Fines

Deposit lit cigarette from a vehicle - min $200

Deposit litter from vehicle - min $200 - $400

Deposit litter, for example syringe, or lit cigarette in dangerous circumstances - min $375 - $750 (this is aggravated litter which is section 145A of the POEO Act).

Dumping

Road side or bushland dumping would be enforced by either:

- a clean up notice or direction which attracts a min $320 fee or

- under S.143 Unlawful transporting of waste, the fines are min $750 (individual) / min $1500 (company).

These are increased to min $1500 (individual) and min $5000 (company) IF the waste exceeds tonnes or 1 cubic metre or is asbestos or hazardous waste.