Power to require motor vehicles licensed according to maximum gross weight to be weighed

(1) The driver or other person in charge of a motor vehicle or trailer licensed according to its maximum gross weight may on demand by any person authorised in writing by the Department, or by a police officer be required to satisfy such person or police officer that the load which is being carried on such motor vehicle or trailer does not contravene the provisions of the licence or this Act or any regulations and may be required by such person or police officer to drive him with the vehicle or trailer to the nearest weighing machine for the purpose of weighing the load. (2) Any person who fails or omits to comply with a request to proceed to the weighing machine as aforesaid commits an offence and may be arrested forthwith without a warrant and he shall on summary conviction be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars. (3) Any vehicle or trailer as mentioned in sub-section (1), may be detained at the expense and risk of the owner and taken to a place for safekeeping until such request is complied with, and any excess load found on weighing shall first be removed before the vehicle or trailer is licensed to proceed on its journey. (4) The Department or any person authorised by the Department, may before granting a licence, including a renewal, in respect of a motor vehicle or trailer, require such motor vehicle or trailer to be weighed by and at the expense of the owner in the presence of a person authorised by the Department 72 or require the person applying for the licence to produce the manufacturer’s specifications or such other evidence as to the weight of the vehicle as the Department may consider necessary.