Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (ACT) - SECT 136

    (1)     A heavy vehicle is a class 2 heavy vehicle if—

        (a)     it—

              (i)     complies with the prescribed mass requirements and prescribed dimension requirements applying to it; and

              (ii)     is—

    (A)     a B-double; or

    (B)     a road train; or

    (C)     a bus, other than an articulated bus, that is longer than 12.5m; or

    (D)     a combination designed and built to carry vehicles on more than 1 deck that, together with its load is longer than 19m or higher than 4.3m; or

    (E)     a motor vehicle, or a combination, that is higher than 4.3m and is built to carry cattle, sheep, pigs or horses; or

        (b)     it is a PBS vehicle other than a specified PBS vehicle.

    (2)     In this section—

"specified PBS vehicle" means a PBS vehicle that—

        (a)     is not a bus; and

        (b)     is not longer than 20m; and

        (c)     is the subject of a current PBS vehicle approval at performance level 1; and

        (d)     complies with the PBS vehicle approval; and

        (e)     complies with the general mass limits for the vehicle, regardless of whether the PBS vehicle approval authorises a higher mass limit.

Note —

General mass limits for a vehicle may be included in prescribed mass requirements under section 95.