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HEAVY VEHICLE (MASS, DIMENSION AND LOADING) NATIONAL REGULATION (NSW) - REG 8
Limitation imposed by manufacturer's mass limits or other stated limit
8 Limitation imposed by manufacturer's mass limits or other stated limit
(1) Subsection (2) applies if the general mass limits or a mass exception
provides for a mass limit for a heavy vehicle in excess of-- (a) the
manufacturer's mass limits; or
(b) the limit stated in subsection (3) for the
purposes of this paragraph.
(2) The manufacturer's mass limits or the limit
stated in subsection (3) applies and the general mass limits or mass exception
does not apply.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the limit is, for
a combination-- (a) the towing vehicle of which does not have a GCM; and
(b)
fitted with a single-drive axle, single-drive tandem axle group or dual-drive
tandem axle group;
the mass, in kilograms, worked out under section 9.
(4)
Subsection (5) applies if the general mass limits or a mass exception provides
for a mass limit for a component of a heavy vehicle in excess of the
manufacturer's mass limits for the component.
(5) The manufacturer's mass
limits for the component applies and the general mass limits or mass exception
does not apply.
(6) Subsection (7) applies if there is no general mass limits
or mass exception applied to a component of a heavy vehicle under this Part
other than subsection (7) and there is a manufacturer's mass limits for the
component.
(7) The manufacturer's mass limits for the component applies to
the component.
(8) In this section--
"manufacturer's mass limits" -- (a) in relation to a heavy vehicle, means--
(i) the mass limits derived from the rating set for the heavy vehicle by the
vehicle's manufacturer, including the GVM or GCM stated by the manufacturer of
the heavy vehicle; or
(ii) if a registration authority has, under an
Australian road law, specified the total maximum loaded mass for the heavy
vehicle and any vehicles it may lawfully tow--that mass; or
(iii) if a
registration authority has, under an Australian road law, specified the
vehicle's maximum loaded mass--that mass; or
(b) in relation to a component
of a heavy vehicle, subject to section 10, means the mass limits derived from
the rating set for the component by the component's manufacturer.
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