Queensland Numbered Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 2013 No. 4 - SECT 33

(1) An unregistered heavy vehicle may be used on a road if—

(a) the vehicle—

(i) is temporarily in Australia; and

(ii) is registered in a foreign country; and

(b) the foreign number plates and labels for the vehicle are conspicuously displayed on the vehicle and in the way (if any) required by a law of the foreign country; and

(c) so far as is reasonably practicable, the vehicle is used in accordance with any conditions of the registration in the foreign country; and

(d) the driver of the vehicle keeps in the driver's possession proof of an applicable temporary admission carnet; and

(e) the requirements (if any) of third party insurance legislation applying to the vehicle are complied with.

(2) In this section—

foreign number plates and labels, for a heavy vehicle registered in a foreign country, means the number plates and labels required, under a law of the foreign country, to be displayed on the vehicle if it is used on a road in the foreign country.

temporary admission carnet means a document that is or is of the same nature as a carnet de passages en douane, relating to the presence in Australia of a heavy vehicle registered in a foreign country.