Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (ACT) - SECT 185

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person uses, or permits to be used, on a road a heavy combination; and

        (b)     a trailer in the combination is not securely coupled to the vehicle in front of it.

Maximum penalty—$6000.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person uses, or permits to be used, on a road a heavy combination; and

        (b)     the components of a coupling used between vehicles in the heavy combination are not compatible with, or properly connected to, each other.

Maximum penalty—$6000.

    (3)     In this section—

"coupling "means a device used to couple a vehicle in a combination to the vehicle in front of it.