Section 126: Overloading by consignor

Ontario

Highway Traffic Act

Part VIII: Weight

Every consignor of goods, or the consignor's agent or employee, who causes a vehicle or combination of vehicles not owned by the consignor to be loaded so that when operated on a highway,

(a) the weight on any millimetre in the width of the tire exceeds a limit set out in subsection 115 (1) or in the regulations;

(b) the axle unit weight on an axle unit exceeds a limit set out in section 116 or 119 or in the regulations;

(c) an axle group weight exceeds a limit set out in section 117 or 119 or in the regulations;

(d) the gross vehicle weight exceeds a limit set out in section 118 or 119 or in the regulations; or

(e) the gross vehicle weight exceeds the gross vehicle weight specified in a permit referred to in section 121,

is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine as if the consignor had been convicted under section 125. 1994, c. 29, s. 1; 2015, c. 27, Sched. 7, s. 23.

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