Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

MOTOR VEHICLES (DIMENSIONS AND MASS) ACT 1990 (NO. 13 OF 1990)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Dimensions and Mass) Act 1990.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Vehicles to which Act applies  
   5.      Application of Act to the Crown  
   6.      Delegation by Registrar  
   7.      Inspectors  
   8.      Identity cards  

   PART II--DIMENSIONS AND DESIGN OF VEHICLES

   9.      Length of vehicles  
   10.     Width of vehicles  
   11.     Height of vehicles  
   12.     Forward projection  
   13.     Rear overhang  
   14.     Articulated bus—rear overhang of front section  
   15.      Loading space of non-articulated vehicles  
   16.     Semi-trailers—dimensions  
   17.     Required axle groups  
   18.     Steering systems  
   19.     Turning circle  
   20.     Suspension systems  
   21.     Suspension isolating devices  
   22.     Drawbar length  

   PART III--LOADS AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTING EQUIPMENT OR LOADS

   23.     (1) Subject to subsection (2), the equipment or load on a vehicle shall not project—  
   24.     Gross mass  
   25.     Wheel and axle loads  
   26.     Tyre pressure  

   PART IV--NON-COMPLYING VEHICLES AND EXCESS LOADS

   27.     Permits  
   28.     Permits to be issued in respect of certain vehicles  
   29.     Application for permit  
   30.     Issue of permit subject to conditions  
   31.     Factors related to issue of permit  

   PART V--OFFENCES OFFENCES RELATED TO MASS

   32.     (1) A person shall not drive a vehicle on a public street or in a public place if—  
   33.     Contravention of Part II or section 23 or 26  
   34.     Use of trailer with articulated vehicle  
   35.     Production of permit  
   36.     Failure to comply with permit  
   37.     Offences by owners  
   38.     Offences by persons other than owners or drivers  
   39.     No offence if permit in force  
   40.     Other defences  

   PART VI--INSPECTION OF VEHICLES INSPECTION OF VEHICLES

   41.     (1) If an inspector has reasonable grounds for believing that a vehicle on a public street or in a public place is a vehicle to which this Act applies, the inspector may inspect the vehicle, its equipment and load for the purpose of determining whether they comply with the provisions of this Act.  
   42.     Certificate of inspection  
   43.     Unattended vehicles  
   44.     Offences related to section 43 notice  
   45.     Directions related to loads  
   46.     Notice of offence  
   47.     Failure to comply with directions  
   48.     Obstruction of inspector  

   PART VII--APPROVED PORTABLE WEIGHING DEVICES

   49.     Approval of portable weighing devices  
   50.     Evidence of mass  
   51.     Determination of mass or load with approved portable weighing device  
   52.     Certificates to be evidence  
   53.     Interfering with approved portable weighing device  

   PART VIII--MISCELLANEOUS NOTICE OF DECISIONS

   54.     (1) Where the Registrar makes a decision—  
   55.     Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal  
   56.     Certificates of inspectors to be evidence  
   57.     Determinations  
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