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INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 94

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 94

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 purpose of the amending regulations is to amend the Principal Regulations to provide that the maximum combined mass of a vehicle and any trailer or trailers towed by the vehicle must not exceed 42.5 tonnes (except in the case of a B-double). They also provide that the gross mass of a trailer or trailers (other than the combined trailers of a B-double or a semi-trailer) must not exceed the gross mass of the towing vehicle.

Subregulation 12H(1) provides a penalty of $3,000 for various offences listed in that subregulation. The subregulation is amended to include an offence where the combined gross mass of a trailer or trailers (other than the combined semi-trailers of a Bdouble) and the vehicle towing the trailer or trailers exceeds 42.5 tonnes.

In addition the amending Regulations provide for the inclusion of definitions of "police officer" and "inspector" for the purposes of the Regulations.

There are also minor drafting amendments to subregulation 12H(1) and to the heading of Division 1 of Part II.

The amending Regulations commenced on the date of gazettal.