Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEAVY VEHICLE (MASS, DIMENSION AND LOADING) NATIONAL REGULATION - REG 5B

5B Safer freight vehicles

(1) The requirements imposed by this section are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of
"safer freight vehicle" in section 153A (2) of the Law.

(2) The heavy vehicle, together with its load, must not be—

(a) higher than 4.3m; or

(b) wider than 2.55m; or

(c) longer than 12.5m.

(3) The heavy vehicle must also comply with the requirements of the following, so far as they are applicable—

(a) ADR 14/03 or a later version of ADR 14;

(b) ADR 35/07 or a later version of ADR 35;

(c) ADR 97/00 or a later version of ADR 97;

(d) ADR 99/00 or a later version of ADR 99.

(4) The heavy vehicle must also comply with the requirements of ADR 105/00, or a later version of ADR 105, so far as they are applicable, if the heavy vehicle has a GVM of more than 8t.

(5) If the heavy vehicle is a truck, the heavy vehicle must also—

(a) comply with ADR 106/00 or a later version of ADR 106; and

(b) be fitted with conspicuity markings that comply with ADR 13/00 or a later version of ADR 13.