Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (MASS, DIMENSIONS AND LOADING) ACT 2009 (NO. 22 OF 2009) - SECT 112

    (1)     The lower limit for a substantial risk breach of a mass requirement is—

        (a)     for a mass requirement that relates to the gross mass of a heavy vehicle or heavy combination—the greater of the following:

              (i)     105% of the maximum permissible mass under the mass requirement, rounded up to the nearest 0.1t;

              (ii)     0.5t; or

        (b)     in any other case—105% of the maximum permissible mass under the mass requirement, rounded up to the nearest 0.1t.

Note     105% of the maximum permissible mass is equivalent to the permissible mass plus an extra 5%.

    (2)     The lower limit for a severe risk breach of a mass requirement is 120% of the maximum permissible mass under the mass requirement, rounded up to the nearest 0.1t.

Note     120% of the maximum permissible mass is equivalent to the permissible mass plus an extra 20%.

    (3)     In this section:

"legislatively specified mass limit" means a mass limit in a heavy vehicle road law or another territory law.

"mass requirement" means a mass requirement for a heavy vehicle or heavy combination, or any component of a heavy vehicle or heavy combination, or any load in a heavy vehicle or heavy combination, that is imposed by reference to—

        (a)     a legislatively specified mass limit; or

        (b)     a manufacturer's mass rating; or

        (c)     the lower of—

              (i)     a legislatively specified mass limit; and

              (ii)     a manufacturer's mass rating.

Note     A regulation may prescribe a lower limit that is higher (see  s 120).