Queensland Numbered Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 2013 No. 4 - SECT 119

(1) A mass or dimension exemption (notice)—

(a) must include a condition about the areas or routes to which the exemption applies; and

(b) is subject to conditions prescribed by the national regulations for the exemption; and

(c) must be subject to the road conditions or travel conditions required by a relevant road manager for the exemption under section 160 or 161; and

(d) may be subject to any other conditions the Regulator considers appropriate, including, for example—

(i) conditions about 1 or more matters mentioned in Schedule 2; and

(ii) without limiting subparagraph (i), intelligent access conditions; and

(iii) a condition that the driver of a class 1 heavy vehicle or class 3 heavy vehicle who is driving the vehicle under the exemption must keep in the driver's possession a copy of—

(A) the Commonwealth Gazette notice for the exemption; or

(B) an information sheet about the exemption published by the Regulator on the Regulator's website.

(2) The condition about the areas or routes to which the exemption applies may be imposed by stating that the areas or routes to which the exemption applies are the areas or routes shown on a stated map prepared by the relevant road authority and published by the Regulator.

(3) If the condition about the areas or routes to which the exemption applies is imposed as mentioned in subsection (2)—

(a) the Regulator or the relevant road authority may amend the stated map but only by omitting, varying, extending or adding areas or routes to which the exemption applies, including, for example, by adding additional areas or routes; and

(b) the Regulator must ensure a copy of the stated map as in force from time to time is—

(i) made available for inspection, without charge, during normal business hours at each office of the Regulator; and

(ii) published on the Regulator's website.

(4) When amending the stated map, the Regulator must comply with the consent requirements of Part 4.7.

(5) Without limiting the conditions that may be prescribed under subsection (1)(b), the national regulations may—

(a) prescribe conditions that are to apply only to particular areas or roads; and

(b) authorise the Regulator to decide the areas or roads to which the conditions are to apply.

(6) In this section—

relevant road authority, for a mass or dimension exemption (notice), means the road authority for the participating jurisdiction in which the road likely to be travelled under the exemption is situated.