Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (ACT) - SECT 116

    (1)     A heavy vehicle is a class 1 heavy vehicle if it, together with its load, does not comply with a prescribed mass requirement or prescribed dimension requirement applying to it, and—

        (a)     it is a special purpose vehicle; or

        (b)     it is an agricultural vehicle other than an agricultural trailer; or

Note —

See subsection (2) for agricultural trailers.

        (c)     it—

              (i)     is a heavy vehicle carrying, or designed for the purpose of carrying, a large indivisible item, including, for example, a combination including a low loader; but

              (ii)     is not a road train or B-double, or carrying a freight container designed for multi-modal transport.

    (2)     An agricultural trailer is a class 1 heavy vehicle , irrespective of whether it, together with its load, does or does not comply with a prescribed mass requirement or prescribed dimension requirement applying to it.

    (3)     A heavy vehicle is a class 3 heavy vehicle if—

        (a)     it, together with its load, does not comply with a prescribed mass requirement or prescribed dimension requirement applying to it; and

        (b)     it is not a class 1 heavy vehicle.

    (4)     In this section—

"concrete pump" means a vehicle with a component that can be used to transfer liquid concrete by pumping.

"large indivisible item" means an item that—

        (a)     can not be divided without extreme effort, expense or risk of damage to it; and

        (b)     can not be carried on any heavy vehicle without contravening a mass requirement or dimension requirement.

"low loader "means a trailer with a loading deck no more than 1m above the ground.

"special purpose vehicle" means—

        (a)     a motor vehicle or trailer, other than an agricultural vehicle or a tow truck, built for a purpose other than transporting goods by road; or

        (b)     a concrete pump or fire truck.