New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 116

116 Class 1 heavy vehicles and class 3 heavy vehicles

(1) A heavy vehicle is a class 1 heavy vehicle if it, together with its load, does not comply with a prescribed mass requirement or prescribed dimension requirement applying to it, and--

(a) it is a special purpose vehicle; or

(b) it is an agricultural vehicle other than an agricultural trailer; or

Note--: See subsection (2) for agricultural trailers.

(c) it--

(i) is a heavy vehicle carrying, or designed for the purpose of carrying, a large indivisible item, including, for example, a combination including a low loader; but

(ii) is not a road train or B-double, or carrying a freight container designed for multi-modal transport.

(2) An agricultural trailer is a class 1 heavy vehicle, irrespective of whether it, together with its load, does or does not comply with a prescribed mass requirement or prescribed dimension requirement applying to it.

(3) A heavy vehicle is a class 3 heavy vehicle if--

(a) it, together with its load, does not comply with a prescribed mass requirement or prescribed dimension requirement applying to it; and

(b) it is not a class 1 heavy vehicle.

(4) In this section--

"concrete pump" means a vehicle with a component that can be used to transfer liquid concrete by pumping.

"large indivisible item" means an item that--

(a) can not be divided without extreme effort, expense or risk of damage to it; and

(b) can not be carried on any heavy vehicle without contravening a mass requirement or dimension requirement.

"low loader" means a trailer with a loading deck no more than 1m above the ground.

"special purpose vehicle" means--

(a) a motor vehicle or trailer, other than an agricultural vehicle or a tow truck, built for a purpose other than transporting goods by road; or

(b) a concrete pump or fire truck.