Western Australian Numbered Acts

DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY ACT 2004 (NO. 7 OF 2004) - SECT 59

59 .         Presumptions as to the contents of containers etc.

        (1)         In this section —

        "label", in relation to a container or vehicle, means any label, marking, placard or other information on the container or vehicle.

        (2)         If the label on a container or vehicle states or indicates that it contains dangerous goods then, in proceedings for an offence against this Act, it is to be taken, in the absence of evidence to the contrary —

            (a)         that the container or vehicle contains dangerous goods of the description and in the quantity stated on the label; and

            (b)         that all other information on the label, or any other label on the container or vehicle, about the dangerous goods is true.