McLaren Transport Ltd v Ministry of Transport - [1986] 2 NZLR 81

Transport and transport licensing — Road user charges — Offences — Exceeding the maximum gross weight specified in the distance licence — Operating a vehicle without a working distance recorder — Whether these offences are ones of absolute liability, subject to the statutory defences contained in s 23(3) and (4) — Whether the statutory defences contain an element of reasonableness — Road User Charges Act 1977, ss 5 and 23.