Queensland Numbered Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 2013 No. 4 - SECT 142

(1) A Commonwealth Gazette notice for a class 2 heavy vehicle authorisation (notice) must state the following—

(a) that the authorisation applies to all class 2 heavy vehicles or, if the authorisation only applies to particular categories of class 2 heavy vehicles, the categories of class 2 heavy vehicles to which the authorisation applies;

(b) the areas or routes to which the authorisation applies;

(c) the days and hours to which the authorisation applies;

(d) any conditions applying to class 2 heavy vehicles being used on a road under the authorisation;

(e) the period for which the authorisation applies.

(2) The Commonwealth Gazette notice may state that the areas or routes to which the authorisation applies are the areas or routes shown on a stated map prepared by the relevant road authority and published by the Regulator.

(3) The Regulator must publish a copy of the Commonwealth Gazette notice on the Regulator's website.

(4) If the Commonwealth Gazette notice states the areas or routes to which the authorisation applies as mentioned in subsection (2)—

(a) the Regulator or the relevant road authority may amend the stated map but only by omitting, varying or extending the areas or routes to which the authorisation 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.

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

(6) In this section—

relevant road authority, for a class 2 heavy vehicle authorisation (notice), means the road authority for the participating jurisdiction in which the road likely to be travelled under the authorisation is situated.