Victorian Current Acts

ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 158

    (1)     In this section, a relevant circumstance is any of the following circumstances—

        (a)     at night; or

        (b)     in hazardous weather conditions causing reduced visibility; or

        (c)     on a declared route; or

        (d)     in a declared zone.

S. 158(2) amended by No. 81/2006 s. 14.

    (2)     If a breach of a width limit or length limit that would otherwise be a minor risk breach occurs in any relevant circumstance, then the breach becomes, by virtue of occurring in that circumstance, a substantial risk breach.

S. 158(3) amended by No. 81/2006 s. 14.

    (3)     If a breach of a width limit or length limit that would otherwise be a substantial risk breach occurs in any relevant circumstance, then the breach becomes, by virtue of occurring in that circumstance, a severe risk breach.

    (4)     Subsection (3) does not apply to a breach that is a substantial risk breach as a result of subsection (2).

    (5)     In this section—

"declared route "means a road, or a part of a road, declared by the Minister, by notice published in the Government Gazette, to be a declared route for the purposes of this section;

"declared zone "means a zone declared by the Minister, by notice published in the Government Gazette, to be a declared zone for the purposes of this section.

Division 3—Enforcement powers concerning mass, dimension or load restraint breaches

S. 159 inserted by No. 110/2004 s. 41.