Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (ACT) - SECT 153A

    (1)     A person must not use a restricted access vehicle, or permit a restricted access vehicle to be used, on a road unless the road is one on which the vehicle is allowed to be used under a mass or dimension authority applying to the vehicle.

Maximum penalty—$6000.

    (2)     In this section—

"restricted access vehicle" means a heavy vehicle that (together with its load) is—

        (a)     higher than 4.3m; or

        (b)     wider than 2.5m; or

        (c)     longer than—

              (i)     if a single vehicle other than an articulated bus—12.5m;

              (ii)     if an articulated bus—18m; or

              (iii)     if a combination—19m.

"safer freight vehicle" means a single heavy motor vehicle that meets the requirements prescribed for the purposes of this definition by the national regulations, but does not include a bus.

single heavy motor vehicle  means a motor vehicle that, on its own, is a heavy vehicle.

"specified semitrailer" means a semitrailer that—

        (a)     is not a PBS vehicle; and

        (b)     has an air suspension system with effective dampers fitted; and

        (c)     has a deck height not higher than 1.2m for at least 50% of its deck length; and

        (d)     if in a combination—the combination—

              (i)     consists only of—

    (A)     a prime mover towing a single semitrailer attached to the prime mover by a fifth wheel coupling; or

    (B)     a B-double; or

    (C)     a B-triple; and

              (ii)     has a mass not more than 90% of the prescribed mass requirements for the combination.

Note —

Although this section does not apply to certain combinations, a combination that is a class 2 heavy vehicle will still need to have a class 2 heavy vehicle authorisation (see s 137).

    (3)     This section does not apply to—

        (a)     a class 2 heavy vehicle; or

        (b)     a specified PBS vehicle as defined in section 136(2); or

Note —

All other PBS vehicles are class 2 heavy vehicles (see section 136).

        (c)     a specified semitrailer; or

        (d)     a safer freight vehicle; or

        (e)     a combination that—

              (i)     includes a safer freight vehicle, together with its load, that is the only component vehicle wider than 2.5m; and

              (ii)     is not higher than 4.3m; and

              (iii)     is not longer than 19m.