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INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 255

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 255

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Transport

Interstate Road Transport Act 1985

Interstate Road Transport Regulations (Amendment)

Subsection 56 (1) of the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purpose of the Act. The Act and the Interstate Road Transport Regulations (the Principal Regulations) together set up the Federal Interstate Registration Scheme (FIRS) for interstate passenger and goods vehicles, and regulate the operation of vehicles registered under FIRS.

The Regulations amend the Principal Regulations to provide that a B-double registered under FIRS may operate if it complies with:

(a)       the requirements specified in the Principal Regulations; or

(b)       where a State or Territory Administering Authority permits the operation of B-doubles with different specifications to those prescribed in the Principal Regulations, and the operator of the B-double holds a permit allowing that operation - those requirements.

This will ensure that the IRT legislation does not impede the development of national arrangements by the National Road Transport Commission.

The amending Regulations commenced on the date of gazettal.