Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (MASS, DIMENSIONS AND LOADING) ACT 2009 (NO. 22 OF 2009) - SECT 7

    (1)     In this Act:

"heavy vehicle" means—

        (a)     a motor vehicle, or trailer, with a GVM greater than 4.5t, and includes—

              (i)     a special purpose vehicle with a GVM greater than 4.5t, and

              (ii)     a passenger-carrying vehicle with a GVM greater than 4.5t; and

        (b)     a motor vehicle prescribed by regulation.

    (2)     In this section:

"passenger-carrying vehicle" means a vehicle if the primary purpose for which the vehicle was built, or permanently modified, was the carriage of passengers.

"special purpose vehicle"—

        (a)     means a vehicle if the primary purpose for which the vehicle was built, or permanently modified, was not the carriage of goods or passengers; and

        (b)     includes a vehicle prescribed by regulation; but

        (c)     does not include a vehicle exempted by regulation.