Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 1998 (WA)

3342 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 123 June 1998

TR302*

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) AMENDMENT

REGULATIONS (No. 2) 1998

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.
Citation
1. These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Amendment

Regulations (No. 2) 1998.

Commencement

2.   These regulations come into operation on 1 July 1998.

Principal regulations

3. In these regulations the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations /977*are referred

to as the principal regulations.

[ *Reprinted as at 29 July 1996.

For amendments to 9 June 1998 see 1997 Index to Legislation of Western Australia,

Table 4, pp. 237-81

Regulation 105 amended

4.   (1) The Table to regulation 105 (4) of the principal regulations is deleted and the

following Table is substituted —

Table

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Percentage Excess Mass	Minimum Maximum
on Tyre or Axle	Penalty Penalty

PU PU

Not more than 11%	2	6
More than 11% but not more than 16%	4	10
More than 16% but not more than 21%	6	14
More than 21% but not more than 26%	8	18
More than 26% but not more than 31%	10	22
More than 31% but not more than 36%	12	26
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Table—continued

Column I Column 2 Column 3

Percentage Excess Mass Minimum Maximum

on lyre or Axle Penalty Penalty

PU PU

More than 36% but not more than 41%	14	30
More than 41% but not more than 46%	16	34
More than 46% but not more than 51%	18	38
More than 51% but not more than 56%	20	42
More than 56%	20

and for each additional 5% 2 4

(2) The Table to regulation 105 (5) of the principal regulations is deleted and the

following Table is substituted -

Table

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Percentage Excess Mass Minimum Maximum

on Axle Group Penalty Penalty

PU PU

Not more than 10%	2	10
More than 10% but not more than 12%	4	14
More than 12% but not more than 14%	6	18
More than 14% but not more than 17%	8	22
More than 17% but not more than 19%	10	26
More than 19% but not more than 22%	12	30
More than 22% but not more than 25%	14	34
More than 25% but not more than 27%	16	38
More than 27% but not more than 30%	18	42
More than 30% but not more than 32%	20	46
More than 32%	20

and for each additional 2% 2 4

(3) Regulation 105 (6) of the principal regulations amended -

(a) by deleting "the table" and substituting the following -

the relevant table (based on the aggregate mass of the vehicle)

and

by inserting after "appropriate percentage of excess masson a vehicle" the

(b) following -

or the actual excess mass on a vehicle (as the case requires),

(4) The Table to regulation 105 (6) of the principal regulations is deleted and the

following Tables are substituted -

Table 1

Vehicle having an aggregate mass equal to or in excess of 4.5 tonnes exceeding the mass limits on a vehicle or combination of vehicles

Column I Column 2 Column 3

Percentage Excess Mass on	Minimum	Maximum
Vehicle or Combination of Vehicles	Penalty	Penalty

PU PU

Not more than 11%	2	10
More than 11% but not more than 15%	4	16
More than 15% but not more than 18%	6	22
More than 18% but not more than 21%	8	28
More than 21% but not more than 25%	10	36
More than 25% but not more than 28%	12	42
More than 28% but not more than 31%	14	48
More than 31% but not more than 35%	16	60
More than 35% but not more than 38%	18	70
More than 38% but not more than 41%	20	78
More than 4l%	20

and for each additional 3% 2 8

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Table 2

Vehicle having an aggregate mass of less than 4.5 tonnes exceeding the mass limits on a vehicle or combination of vehicles

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Excess Mass on Vehicle	Minimum Maximum
or Combination of Vehicles	Penalty Penalty

PU PU

Not more than 0.5 tonne	1	5
More than 0.5 tonne but not more than 1.0 tonne	2	7
More than 1.0 but not more than 1.5 tonne	3	9
More than 1.5 tonne but not more than 2.0 tonne	4	11
More than 2.0 tonne but not more than 2.5 tonne	5	13
More than 2.5 tonne but not more than 3.0 tonne	6	15
More than 3.0 tonne but not more than 3.5 tonne	7	17
More than 3.5 tonne	8	19

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.