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HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 94
Main purposes of Ch 4
94 Main purposes of Ch 4
(1) The main purposes of this Chapter are-- (a) to improve public safety by
decreasing risks to public safety caused by excessively loaded or excessively
large heavy vehicles; and
(b) to minimise any adverse impact of excessively
loaded or excessively large heavy vehicles on road infrastructure or public
amenity.
(2) The purposes are achieved by-- (a) imposing mass requirements
for heavy vehicles, particular components of heavy vehicles, and loads on
heavy vehicles; and
(b) imposing dimension requirements on heavy vehicles
including on the vehicles (together with equipment), components or loads; and
(c) imposing requirements about securing loads on heavy vehicles; and
(d)
restricting access to roads by heavy vehicles of a particular mass, size or
configuration even if the vehicles comply with the mass requirements,
dimension requirements and other requirements mentioned in paragraphs (a) to
(c).
(3) However, this Chapter recognises that the use of particular heavy
vehicles that do not comply with the mass requirements, dimension requirements
and other requirements mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to (c) may be permitted
on roads in particular circumstances and subject to particular conditions--
(a) to allow for-- (i) the efficient road transport of goods or passengers by
heavy vehicles; or
(ii) the efficient use of large heavy vehicles that are
transporting neither goods nor passengers and need to use roads for special
uses; and
(b) without compromising the achievement of the purposes.
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